creep up

Example Sentences

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Instead, costs creep up quietly across everyday purchases, from cars and electronics to food and home repairs.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

Industry traffic fell last year, and overall visits are expected to creep up marginally this year, according to market-research firm Technomic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

The film vaults across eight decades, but tonally it’s as still as a rabbit snare, letting the audience creep up to its theme of human obsolescence.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

But when Ellen stopped taking Mounjaro, she began to see her weight creep up, which she says "messed my head up a little bit".

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

Slowly, ever so slowly the wagon began to creep up the hill.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep