creeps
Example Sentences
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Four main emotions drive every market — fear, greed, hope and regret — but hope is the deadliest, because it creeps in when a trade hits your stop loss and you don’t honor it.
From MarketWatch
Unreliability creeps in at the edges of his storytelling, and glimpses of chaos and confusion peep through the surface charm.
“No buts,” I whisper to myself, unable to hold back the smile that creeps out on my lips.
From Literature
People who diet instead can expect to lose less weight than with the jabs, but afterwards weight creeps back on more slowly - perhaps around 0.1 kg a month - say the researchers, although it does vary.
From BBC
"We don't know why it happens, it just creeps up on them over a course of one or two years," he added.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
