creeping

Example Sentences

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She had tried to bring her great-aunt out to see that the patches had outgrown the stakes: that they were creeping across the woods.

From Literature

More significantly, doubt is creeping in about how long America’s markets will remain exceptional—stocks that trade at a premium and bonds that stay buoyant despite no end in sight to government red ink.

From The Wall Street Journal

Recently, I’ve felt the creeping sense that it’s all been taking too long, that working for only four hours a week hasn’t been cutting it.

From Literature

He kept creeping forward, staying as far from Dr. Achebe as he could.

From Literature

Valuations across the software space are creeping down, both UBS and Cantor Fitzgerald pointed out.

From Barron's