creep
Example Sentences
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These convoys also had to battle the polar ice, which crept south in winter, narrowing the sea lanes between the icepack and the German bases in Norway.
Early in the second quarter, the sun creeped out.
From Los Angeles Times
When the nights of feeding still drag and the days creep along like a slug, people will warn you with a knowing air that your baby’s life will “go so fast.”
It's after the library closes its doors for the night that four young children creep into the building with their mother, in a scene they imagine as being like the film Night at the Museum.
From BBC
To be fair, some people are creeping back to the office because they missed it.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
