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UK
/spɹˈɪɡ/
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NOUN
- a small branch or division of a branch (especially a terminal division); usually applied to branches of the current or preceding year
- an ornament that resembles a spray of leaves or flowers
How To Use sprig In A Sentence
- A sprig of holly in our tum. Times, Sunday Times
- Cutting sprigs of holly in spring will provide all the pruning they need. The Sun
- This is a complex wine that will sparkle as an accompaniment to a tall glass of bone chillingly cold lemon sorbet with sprigs of mint.
- Two examples, from her impressive "Transformation" disc, are the pianist's soulful performance of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in F Minor and her sprightly, exceptionally characterful transversal of Igor Stravinsky's Three Movements From "Petrushka," a transcription based on his ballet score. The Fast and the Serious
- Garnish the guacamole with chilli powder or coriander sprigs, then serve in the centre of a plate of tortilla chips.
- A solitary stem of pink flowering centaury, woven into a sprig of heather still in bloom, presents a visual puzzle. Country diary: New Forest
- Garnish with a fresh mint sprig and a straw cut short enough so that you almost bury your nose in the mint as you sip.
- I envisioned a young squirt of an elf, say just a sprightly 100 or 200 years, slipping out to meet his miscreant pals, grab a leaf and ride a wind current.
- Even in midwinter, in the icy church, the blushing bride would throw aside her broadcloth cape or camblet roquelo and stand up clad in a sprigged India muslin gown with only a thin lace tucker over her neck, warm with pride in her pretty gown, her white bonnet with ostrich feathers and embroidered veil, and in her new husband. Sabbath in Puritan New England
- ‘But I'm 18, that's how old I feel,’ he says - and there is, to be sure, a sprightliness about him still.
