Example Sentences

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Ridership had been crawling upward in the fall, but Wiedefeld said growth plateaued, even before the mid-October suspension of Metro’s 7000-series rail cars forced the transit agency to reduce rail service.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2022

The lawn had been crawling with British car executives.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2014

You also got the feeling the lawyers had been crawling all over this film and that a great deal of the more sensational material had been left on the cutting-room floor.

From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2010

Since boyhood he had been crawling in & out of caves in his native Ari�ge in southern France.

From Time Magazine Archive

A fly that had been crawling along Wilbur’s trough had flown up and blundered into the lower part of Charlotte’s web and was tangled in the sticky threads.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White