creeper

Example Sentences

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I don’t want to sound like a creeper, but I’ve seen your own mother’s Instagram page for you, and that woman loves you.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

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

The newly identified species has been named Arenaepeton supinatus, which means "sand creeper on its back" in Latin.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Three of his brothers are also actors, including Bill Skarsgard, who played Pennywise, the creeper clown in the “It” movies; another brother is a doctor who kept them apprised of developments in the Covid crisis.

From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2022

My grandfather lay facedown in a bed of creeper, his legs sprawled out and one arm twisted beneath him as if he’d fallen from a great height.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs