crawling

Example Sentences

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Greta Schlender, 41, senior product manager: We’re doing Army crawling on the beach.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Hanson, who spends much of his life crawling through underbrush to count trees, plunged ahead into stands of chest-high ceanothus, pointing out sequoias camouflaged in the pervasive post-fire brush.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

While the motives that drive a knight are often human, political, or both, the logic is as miraculous and irrational as a muddy hedge knight crawling out from under a fallen dragon.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2026

Yes, he has managed to get both because he has a good, long-term job, and he’s slowly crawling out of the abyss.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 2026

If Pam thinks I’m going to come crawling back to her over broken glass, then she’s losing what’s left of her mind.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman