SPRIG in a Sentence

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1. she said, handing him a sprig of scented geranium.
2. She gathered some sprigs of woodruff and brought them to him.
3. An olive branch or sprig is located above the Roman numerals, with a bound cluster of three arrows below.

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 Meanings and Examples of SPRIG
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sprig
 n.  a small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; spray; a youth; a lad; a brad, or nail without a head
Classic Sentence:
1  she said, handing him a sprig of scented geranium.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 8
2  There remained varicolored cotton dresses which Scarlett felt were not festive enough for the occasion, ball dresses and the green sprigged muslin she had worn yesterday.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  Mammy carefully dropped the twelve yards of green sprigged muslin over the mountainous petticoats and hooked up the back of the tight, low-cut basque.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
4  She gathered some sprigs of woodruff and brought them to him.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence:
1  An olive branch or sprig is located above the Roman numerals, with a bound cluster of three arrows below.
2  A dark, intense, semi-smiling stare, as if the sprig of white heather was not charity but compulsory.