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Example sentences for: creeping

How can you use “creeping” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

A creeping fear worries me that, being a person who normally thinks of breakfast as something you get at a 24-hour waffle place after the bars close, perhaps I'm just not cut out for the whole pithy-morning-punditry-duties thing.
But all the while the shadow of doom was creeping nearer and nearer, till came a day when it pulled off its whiskers and pounced.
All this talk of cost, benefit, and efficiency is creeping into conservation speak.
Even with splendid bridges crossing the Douro and a red-roofed jumble of buildings creeping up the hillside, its attractions are less obvious than the capital’s.
This casual use of the auxiliary do seems to be creeping back into English usage, especially among waiters for some reason, who are increasingly wont to announce, “As the catch of the day, we do have red snapper.