crept
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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In Melbourne this year, he survived a testing third-round match against American world number 85 Eliot Spizzirri after cramping badly when temperatures crept towards 40C.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Still, dozens of drivers crept around the lot, hoping to pounce if someone pulled out.
From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026
For now, the company has a nice cushion to lean on: Capital expenditures for Nvidia’s Big Tech hyperscaler consumers have crept into the neighborhood of $700 billion.
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Last week, official data showed jobs numbers increasing faster than expectations in March, as the U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs and the unemployment rate crept down to 4.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
The strangeness crept into my dream that night.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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