crawling

Example Sentences

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A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days has been found crawling down to base camp in what has been described as a miraculous self-rescue.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

But higher mortgage rates and prices, along with a limited supply of homes for sale in some parts of the country, have kept sales crawling.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Perhaps people could use AI to identify the weird bug crawling under their bed, he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Oceans were filled with fish, while land was home to amphibians, early reptiles, crawling arthropods, and even giant cockroaches.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

Seven bit her lip as she stared at her phone screen, nerves crawling like a billion bugs all over her skin.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega