creep

creep
01. The vine [creeps] up the side of the house to the roof.
02. The cat [crept] silently towards the bird.
03. The children [crept] across the lawn and hid behind the bushes.
04. The lions [crept] noiselessly through the long grass to where the gazelles were grazing.
05. More and more mistakes began to [creep] into his play as the game went on.
06. Interest rates have [crept] up a quarter of a percent in the last couple of months.
07. My boss is a [creep] who is always trying to look down the secretaries' blouses.
08. She's been going out with some [creepy] guy that she met at a nightclub.
09. The castle is really [creepy]. It looks like a place where monsters would live.
10. The lizard [crept] up the wall towards the fly.
11. We [crept] along the road at about 5 miles per hour for a while, until the traffic finally thinned out.
12. After getting home from the pub, Gerry [crept] into bed without waking up his wife.
13. Some [creep] at the nightclub kept staring at my breasts all evening.
14. The prisoners escaped by [creeping] through the ventilation system.
15. A Swedish Proverb notes that the day we fear hastens toward us, but the day we long for [creeps].

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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