crawl
Example Sentences
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"One of the two lines had been closed by the sea - we had to wait in a queue of trains all relying on the remaining track and eventually crawled forward, after a delay," she adds.
From BBC
Scotland's modest total was looking to be more tricky than England would have liked as they crawled to 54-2 off eight overs in reply.
From Barron's
When I was a little kid going through my nightmare phase—a giant fish was always trying to eat me—I would crawl into bed with my parents.
From Literature
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"We must crawl before we can walk. Have this."
From Literature
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Part of him crawled back into the dark corners of his mind, never to come out.
From Literature
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