crept
Verb
The word is derived from creep
Meaning
of Creep
imp. & p. p. of Creep.
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Examples
In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach.
Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandalled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.
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.
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.
Candour once went further boldly and in smiles, but it crept home in tatters and tears.
He must have crept out of hell while the devil was asleep.