He walked away with a springy step. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The meatballs are kind of springy, as Jason noted. From Wordnik.com. [Flatiron Lunch: Forget the Pizza, Maffei’s Baked Stuffed Fish is Where It’s At | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan] Reference
I love visiting your page because it's so "springy" and happy. From Wordnik.com. [One Bright Star (1B*) Reignited] Reference
The spheroid interior was heavily and uniformly padded with some kind of springy orange plastic. From Wordnik.com. [Time Trial]
He twisted and turned it experimentally, encountered a kind of springy resistance, and pressed harder. From Wordnik.com. [The Key to Rebecca]
Come springtime, I'll post some other "springy" favorites. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
He broke several branches from the tree, laying them so as to form a kind of springy, leafy mound close to the brink. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer] Reference
's Jimmy Banos Jr. made it a goal to serve up a "springy" dish on this beautiful Saturday afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Serious Eats] Reference
I can't very well manage it myself, I'm so springy. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures in Toyland What the Marionette Told Molly] Reference
Quick way of speaking and walks with a springy step. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
A bouncer seat should have a wide, stable base and be springy. From Wordnik.com. [Bouncy seats for babies--features to look for] Reference
First they had to find the right kind of sapling, springy and strong. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
As the swart Hillman crossed the springy floor and rapped gently upon. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
The soil was very springy and wet and the butternut just loves that soil. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
He is usually one of the first to arrive, with nimble, almost springy, step. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This column of thick, white, springy comfort is what keeps this marriage secure. From Wordnik.com. [Security] Reference
I made it into a tight bundle and hung it on a springy limb to use for a punching-bag. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Other changes followed: a springy arch in our foot also made us more efficient walkers. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Steps: Learning To Walk, The Hominid Way] Reference
Decomposing organic matter mechanically acts like springy sponges that reduce compaction. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
After Little Bear was cuddled down in his bed of leaves and springy boughs, Mother Bear made. From Wordnik.com. [Little Bear at Work and at Play] Reference
These, being springy, gave way under the hoofs of the horses, leaving no hoof-prints, no trail. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods] Reference
He poured a 1994 Chateau Ferriere Margaux -- somehow it had the springy tannins of a young wine. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Yourgrau: Walking with Joy: Amsterdam] Reference
Malone noticed, however, that his step was neither as springy nor as confident as it had been before. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
Potholes are not merely absorbed but swallowed with a springy belch of the tractor-grade suspension system. From Wordnik.com. [Get Outta My Way!] Reference
Terry nodded sympathetically and walked the springy floor a dozen times, nonplussed by the Major's dilemma. From Wordnik.com. [Terry A Tale of the Hill People] Reference
Look at him walking across the field right now; did you ever see anybody have a more springy step than that?. From Wordnik.com. [Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School] Reference
The Ferry is a very large place and every foot of it is covered with tan-bark, smooth and brown and springy. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
Foam is also less springy and therefore less apt to encourage your child to use the mattress as a trampoline. From Wordnik.com. [Baby mattresses: Foam vs. innerspring] Reference
We slept that night, Dame Barbara and I, upon a soft and springy couch of moss piled in the little inner room. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Van, and Van had simply continued his dreamy stare over the springy prairie and taken no earthly notice of him. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
His own shadow grew long ahead of him as he walked back, his steps still brisk and springy, in spite of the day's hard work. From Wordnik.com. [The Destroyers] Reference
The springy, elastic sod, the heather of old Scotland, reproduced in new Scotland, had reminded him of reels and strathspeys. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
With each springy step, the first grader's butterfly-print dress puffs full of air, giving her the appearance of weightlessness. From Wordnik.com. [Mrs. Kramer Vs. Mrs. Kramer] Reference
The riding is comfortable enough, and the springy motion imparted by the rider's weight is one of the pleasantest sensations I know of. From Wordnik.com. [In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83] Reference
Crunch runs a "Boing With Kangoo" class, where users channel their inner Avatar by strapping on springy boots to hop on a cushion of air. From Wordnik.com. [Tough New Workout Gear That Goes Easy on the Joints] Reference
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