be crawling with
Example Sentences
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My worlds are the only ones that are shrinking; hers might be crawling with hundreds of sims and I could be one of them.
From Slate • Apr. 29, 2023
The city will be crawling with police and military, some of them from Australia and New Zealand, who are providing air force planes, navy patrol boats, special forces and other personnel.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2018
Soon, the sheet would be crawling with insects.
From Washington Post • Mar. 20, 2017
“This place should be crawling with monk seals!”
From New York Times • May 8, 2013
Not openly, at Shusgis’ house, where the staff must be crawling with Sarf agents, Shusgis being one himself, but in the street, by chance, Gaum-fashion, sneaking and creeping.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
