creep

Example Sentences

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The film lives in its details — frost creeping along the walls, carbon dioxide levels rising, improvised fixes worked out step by step — as each small success only leads to the next crisis.

From Los Angeles Times

Between me and each familiar face around the table crept those small icy fingers.

From Literature

Over the past three months, investors have dramatically dialed back their expectations for interest-rate cuts, while the outside chance of a rate hike has crept back into the perceived distribution of outcomes.

From MarketWatch

Drivers had to burn gas to find gas, creeping from station to station, looking for the green flags that meant “open,” not the red flags that signaled “closed” or “out of gas.”

From Los Angeles Times

J.W. came back from his patrol, limping with a bur between his toes, and crept into Lloyd’s damp lap.

From Literature