It is as if the words have sprung to life.
The game sprung to life almost immediately after the break.
Stanford isn't the only one who springs to life late at night.
Last week the company seemed to spring back to life.
But the only other times the coverage really sprang to life was when things got a little mean.
The hope of a wild chance sprang suddenly to life in him.
But we'd all been a little concerned about what might happen if it suddenly sprang to life at work.
"It sprang to life of itself among the living, and none on earth know why."
He turned the switch, and the light sprang to life.
You could almost feel the thing that sprang to life between them in the first minute.