in (the) springtime• Ruggedmountains, clear icystreams, and in springtimecarpets of pink and blue opiumpoppiesbending in the wind.• Rivericein springtime, breaking, a force of nature coming alive, rising, sweeping everything before it.• No dead birds in the larder in springtime.• The ground was a grassparkland, in springtime carpeted with wildflowers.• You are surprised to find yourself singing in the springtime, putting a flower in your hair, trying a new lipstick.• However, this was in the springtime of her trouble.