Example Sentences

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A postbox has been closed because snails have been crawling inside and munching the mail.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

Suspended in fossilized dollops of golden tree resin, these ants, spiders and beetles look like they could have been crawling around just moments ago.

From Scientific American • Jun. 30, 2021

Heavy machines have been crawling over roadways gouged into rocky mountainsides, tapping open holes for posts on U.S.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 21, 2021

With the warm weather this month, the nymphs have been crawling out of the ground before moulting for one last time and taking wing.

From Nature • May 29, 2013

By that time it must have been crawling with Eyes up there, and everywhere else close to the border.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood