crawling

Example Sentences

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Crawling, reaching across the floor to grab a block, and even developing a sense of balance are all key to reading and writing, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2025

Crawling out from underground every 13 or 17 years, with a collective song as loud as jet engines, the periodical cicadas are nature’s kings of the calendar.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Crawling back up to “the top of the food chain,” in the words of Debra Kaplan, a licensed therapist based in Tucson, can take years.

From New York Times • May 13, 2023

Crawling babies are also much more likely than walking adults to get a face full of microfibers from polyester carpeting, which they might ingest or inhale.

From The Verge • Sep. 23, 2021

Crawling under it to sprawl beside me, he said, “We ’ave rare good luck, young bahss.

From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor