creep
verb (used without object)
to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
am creeping
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present progressiveof creep (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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“Here I am creeping up to 90 and feeling like a million dollars,” said the London native, who first appeared onstage in the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2015
She added: "Here I am creeping up to 90 and feeling like a million dollars because I'm in London in this magnificent hall with all you - my roots, where I began."
From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2015
And here is father, so much older, so much better than I am, creeping along in the dark!
From Stepping Heavenward by E. (Elizabeth) Prentiss
Dear foe, I know thou'lt win the fight; I know thou hast the stronger bark, And thou art sailing in the light, While I am creeping in the dark.
From Mercy Philbrick's Choice by Helen Hunt Jackson
Not now when I am creeping along on the earth with such light as is left me, trying to grope my way out of the hole.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
