- present participle of crawl.
crawling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“I came across the Waymo a car or two in front of me in the left-hand lane when I saw these kids start crawling out of the car,” Shahsavani told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Per capita gross domestic product has stagnated for about a decade, crawling from $1,380 in 2015 to $1,478 in 2024 at market exchange rates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
Thrall told BBC's Newshour: "It's kind of crazy one minute to be fighting back tears with his daughter, and then the next minute to see him crawling into town. It's absolutely amazing, beyond words".
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
He came crawling out of the brush on his stomach, heading straight for me.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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