crawl

Example Sentences

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When I was a little kid going through my nightmare phase—a giant fish was always trying to eat me—I would crawl into bed with my parents.

From Literature

"We must crawl before we can walk. Have this."

From Literature

Part of him crawled back into the dark corners of his mind, never to come out.

From Literature

"Growth in real incomes has slowed to a crawl recently, in part due to the weakness in the labor market," he said.

From Barron's

Before they could say anything he half walked, half crawled toward the behemoth, angling toward its tail, thinking it would be easier to step over the tail than the body or snout.

From Literature