creeping

Example Sentences

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Taylor Clemons’ cinematography is excellent, all slow creeping shots and shadows permeating even the daytime scenes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Institutional consolidation and retreat, spiraling costs, technological upheaval — they all add to a creeping sense that an era is over, and worse is coming.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

That figure has been creeping back up after a decline in 2024 and the first half of 2025.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

Affordability is also creeping back to the top of the agenda for many Canadians.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

The huge creeping vine that cloaked the house had shriveled; the main trunk and stems sagged and dripped oily sap.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda