creeping

Example Sentences

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It isn’t the first such threat or deadline, but some hope is creeping in to markets of a potential cease-fire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

That doesn’t mean prices for consumers haven’t been creeping up.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

"There is a degree of scepticism, or even downright cynicism, creeping in at the edges," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The film lives in its details — frost creeping along the walls, carbon dioxide levels rising, improvised fixes worked out step by step — as each small success only leads to the next crisis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

My heart feels like it’s creeping up into my throat, and a pain kicks me right in my side, but I don’t stop running.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée