has been creeping
- present perfect progressive of creep (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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That reprieve was short-lived, however, and the U.S. average retail gasoline price has been creeping back toward $4 a gallon.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The company’s employee head count has been creeping back up since its “year of efficiency” cuts in 2023.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
For the past several years, an objectively stupid stock market trade has been creeping further and further into your retirement.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026
"It's a large, slowly moving mass -- on the order of about 500 million cubic meters -- that has been creeping for decades."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
But while we’ve been talking, Cat has been creeping up under the side table, playing the ambush game, and he launches himself at Tom just as he starts to stand.
From It’s like this, cat by Neville, Emily
