creep
Example Sentences
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When she stopped taking the injections, slowly but surely, the weight crept back.
From BBC
The cool blues of “Winter” are raked through with rich purple, as hints of evergreens creep in from the edges.
While U.S. markets took a Thanksgiving Day break, cryptocurrencies never take a holiday, and bitcoin has been creeping higher since the close of Wall Street trading on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch
He sees “the sun creep over the Long Island sound.”
Meanwhile, the unemployment rate has crept higher and more large companies have announced layoffs.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
