crawl

Example Sentences

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Danielle Dutta, who attended Kumar’s first book crawl in Culver City, began multiple friendships that way: messaging mutual social media connections about whether they were attending an upcoming book event.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

A flood of oil tankers and other vessels were supposed to cross during the cease-fire, but ships have moved at a crawl.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

No one was injured in the crash, though Woods had to crawl out through the passenger door to free himself.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Jessica liked to crawl into the box, sometimes taking a nap inside.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I couldn’t see them well in the dark and tried to crawl to them but everything was blurred and the man came again, the friend.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen