creep
verb (used without object)
to move slowly with the body close to the ground, as a reptile or an insect, or a person on hands and knees.
has been creeping
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present perfect progressiveof creep (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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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
The unemployment rate has been creeping up since June.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
While U.S. markets took a Thanksgiving Day break, cryptocurrencies never take a holiday, and bitcoin has been creeping higher since the close of Wall Street trading on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 28, 2025
Inflation, which Milei has slashed by two-thirds in two years in office, has been creeping up again for three consecutive months to reach 2.1 percent month-on-month in September -- the highest since April.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025
For forty-three years, like a bird fascinated by the serpent, she has been creeping gradually closer to the outstretched arms of the great enchantress.
From Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution by Emily Sarah Holt
