crept

[krept]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of creep.

crept

/ krɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of creep

Example Sentences

When she stopped taking the injections, slowly but surely, the weight crept back.

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Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has crept higher and more large companies have announced layoffs.

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Data showed that while more jobs were created in September, the unemployment rate crept higher.

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That market has largely failed to pick up even as mortgage rates have crept lower.

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She put it to the back of her mind for a while, despite thinking it was a sign, but it crept back up: “It kept haunting me that this was something I should do.”

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Related Words

• glide 
• inch 
• lurk 
• slink 
• slither 
• snake 
• sneak 
• tiptoe 
• wriggle