creep

Some assembly members have been concerned about too much of a "London" influence creeping into the campaign ahead of next year's election.

“I’m not a method actor, but you’re allowing it to creep into you, you know what I mean? You’re allowing yourself to creep into it,” he said.

Nile, though, is unencumbered by empathy, guilt, or the urge for compromise, a mile-long bunting of red flags spooled into one cashmere-clad creep.

That market has largely failed to pick up even as mortgage rates have crept lower.

She put it to the back of her mind for a while, despite thinking it was a sign, but it crept back up: “It kept haunting me that this was something I should do.”