crawl
verb (used without object)
to move in a prone position with the body resting on or close to the ground, as a worm or caterpillar, or on the hands and knees, as a young child.
am crawling
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present progressiveof crawl (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In this one, I am crawling through a tunnel, trying to escape from something I cannot see.
From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020
Perhaps I am crawling parallel to the lines, and that might go on forever.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
For some rime, while I am crawling about, she has rocking-chair work.
From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple
I have had a bad spring and summer, almost constantly very unwell; but I am crawling on in my book on "Variation under Domestication."
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir
