Verb
The word is derived from creep
of Creep
imp. & p. p. of Creep.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIn my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Oliver Goldsmith
Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet, Crept like a frightened girl. Oscar Wilde
In the past it never occurred to me that every casual remark of mine would be snatched up and recorded. Otherwise I would have crept further into my shell. Albert Einstein
And all that we built, and all that we breathed And all that we spilled or pulled up like weeds Is piled up in back and it burns irrevocably And we spoke up in turns 'til the silence crept over me. Joanna Newsom
Candour once went further boldly and in smiles, but it crept home in tatters and tears. American Proverb
He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep. Dutch Proverb