creeper

Example Sentences

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In the past few weeks, flowers, messages and cuddly toys have grown like a creeper on the chain link fence at the entrance of Old Timers town camp in Australia's Northern Territory.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Not one creeper seems to doubt that the others have a soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Kittelberger photographed the pictured 'Akikiki, also called Kauai's creeper, in the Alaka'i Wilderness Preserve in 2022, when it was believed around 70 or so remained in the wild; today, only one individual remains.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

Wes Craven went from a genre journeyman to a horror icon — and launched one of the most venerable slasher franchises ever — with this 1984 creeper.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2022

She strained to look through the window of the study, but it was just a dark mullioned square overhung with creeper.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman