- present participle of crawl.
crawling
Example Sentences
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“I’ll have to come crawling back to the traditional entertainment industry, hoping that I still have a place there,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
“Staff reported that there was a male adult creeping and crawling around the aisles,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
They want AI agents crawling through messages to have unfettered access to every update on products, earnings and strategic initiatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
"I'm just scared when he gets older, when he starts crawling around, I can't even allow him to crawl in such a place like that because it's so dirty," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“That’d be a bit hard with all the Columbian Guards crawling around, wouldn’t you agree?”
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
