crawling

/ ˈkrɔːlɪŋ /

noun

1. a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging

Example Sentences

The ghost haunts Sethe’s home, raging and sounding like “close thunder crawling up the stairs.”

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Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters is crawling with stuffed albino alligators.

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But at this silent reading party, they bounded about the room, crawling on attendees’ laps between wrestling matches.

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With baby monkeys jumping into my lap and crawling over us to see what was going on, Prof Yang explained how their groups break down.

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With the end of “Squid Game” disappointing some fans, death game fanatics will be glad to know there’s another right around the corner, sprawling in scope and crawling with stars.

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