creep in
Verb
Meaning
enter surreptitiously
Source: WordNetSynonyms
Hypernyms
Examples
He sneaked in under cover of darkness
In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in
If buyer’s remorse starts to creep in once you’ve committed, Archuleta recommends reality-testing your thinking: Would your life really be vastly better if you’d chosen something else?
Modern customs creep in — in Delhi, someone given one spoon complained bitterly that he could not eat without two spoons, one for each hand (and a green chilli to nibble between mouthfuls).
But when the applause dies and the phone doesn’t ring the doubts can creep in for any actor.
By letting complacency creep in, that till class VIII they can be more relaxed, as there would be no detentions, the parents have destabilised the approach.