crawl

Example Sentences

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A moving man came to the top of the stairs and watched, wiping the sweat from his forehead, as the Krupnik family crawled in a line along the hall floor.

From Literature

She crawled backward out of the box and went to the front window.

From Literature

She never crawled into bed, she explains, but continued to teach, write poetry and raise her children.

From The Wall Street Journal

That sound made my skin crawl—still does, just to think of it.

From Literature

Even so, Jeremy whispered the hatching poem to himself as he crawled into bed, repeating it until he was sure he had it memorized.

From Literature