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But it may well be that after a year or two of rubbing against realities, a little of that old dismal tone will be creeping back into the new, cheerful economics.

From Time Magazine Archive

They will be creeping in closer; they will not wait much longer.

From Molly McDonald A Tale of the Old Frontier by Blumenschein, Ernest L.

Indeed, no," replied Dalrymple; "and ere long the autumn tints will be creeping over the landscape, and the whole scene will assume a different character.

From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford

"If I keep my health, however," he added, "and have no unforeseen hindrance, it shall not be forgotten, but will be creeping on by degrees."

From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Smiles, Samuel

And when you think that these very women will be creeping back to their homes and caring for the German wounded they find there, it gives you a fine lump in the throat.

From A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium by Gibson, Hugh