creeping

Example Sentences

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The company’s employee head count has been creeping back up since its “year of efficiency” cuts in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The longer it takes for the crucial maritime waterway to be fully open, the greater the risk of oil prices creeping higher, said Zahir.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

"Mascots were there to grab the crowd's attention, but often the mascot would be creeping up behind me as I was sat photographing the game," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Drivers had to burn gas to find gas, creeping from station to station, looking for the green flags that meant “open,” not the red flags that signaled “closed” or “out of gas.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

When the hippos were silent, she imagined them creeping around the tree where she had tied up.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer