creeping

Example Sentences

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That doesn’t mean prices for consumers haven’t been creeping up.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

"There is a degree of scepticism, or even downright cynicism, creeping in at the edges," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But those steps only save $100 a week, at most, and haven’t stopped his credit-card debt from creeping to just below his $28,000 limit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The film lives in its details — frost creeping along the walls, carbon dioxide levels rising, improvised fixes worked out step by step — as each small success only leads to the next crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

A bad feeling was creeping up out of my gut.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda