Example Sentences

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At times he despaired because time passed so crawlingly slow.

From The Fourth R by Smith, George Oliver

To Barton I owe it that I am still alive, vigorously alive, not crawlingly ... but I suffered several slumps before I attained and held my present physique.

From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry

To the Applebys the time between mid-May and mid-June was crawlingly slow.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair

I asked myself why they should be so crawlingly thankful to you for paying a just debt, and I thought meanly of them.

From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston