crept

[krept]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of creep.

crept

/ krɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of creep

Example Sentences

Annual inflation in Switzerland crept down closer to zero last month, as policymakers at the Swiss National Bank consider whether to take interest rates into negative territory at their meeting next month.

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They crept across the farm to a cluster of trees, and there was the old barn, looming above the undergrowth like a mountain.

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Inflation fell slightly in Germany, while it crept up in Spain, figures published Thursday said.

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This year’s Dodgers team, however, has been able to conjure its best every time such frustrations have crept in.

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Spanish unemployment crept up in the third quarter as the dynamic economy's service sector shed seasonally dependent jobs, official data showed on Friday.

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Related Words

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• lurk 
• slink 
• slither 
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• sneak 
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