crawling

Example Sentences

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I drop to the floor and go crawling after my pencil.

From Literature

Every few centuries, some charlatan, some crawling, vicious soul, would try to get close to the Glimourie Tree—to steal it, to take it for their own.

From Literature

I ask, vaulting onto the chair and crawling out the window.

From Literature

I especially noticed while crawling into the Holland Tunnel, a scenario I’ve been through many times in my Mustang.

From The Wall Street Journal

That it’s going to be awful, and hard, and I’ll probably get sick from all the germs crawling on those kids who don’t understand how to properly take care of their health.

From Literature