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How to use the word crept in a Sentence?

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The approval ratings crept up a little bit, but is Biden a strong leader? 41 yes, 57 no, so if Ukraine's helping him, it ain't helping him much.

Mike Murphy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

That worked very well politically for her in Germany, and on the world stage, germany has done very well over the last 15 years from an economic perspective...( and) Germany didn't do that badly during the financial crisis, but the realization has crept in that that won't last.

Pepijn Bergsen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I can't get away from food and I love to eat. Of course, it crept up on me through the years especially during covid so starting in January I decided to get busy and lose some weight.

Alex Drummond

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We know we're on the cusp of something very, very bad if we don't get on top of this, i think a sense of complacency has crept into us as we let our frustrations get the better of us. I think that each one know someone who has not been following the rules as well as they should have. I think each of us know that we have got no choice by to take very very difficult steps.

Daniel Andrews

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I think a sense of complacency has crept into us as we let our frustrations get the better of us. I think that each one know someone who has not been following the rules as well as they should have. I think each of us know that we have got no choice by to take very very difficult steps.

Daniel Andrews

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Its a very real thought that crept up almost daily, especially real cold nights.

Tyson Steele

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I just was n’t exercising as much as I had been before, and the weight slowly crept on.

Ted Gibson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The general thematic (risk) continues to be the European banking situation that has unhinged the risk market and slowly crept into the credit markets.

Chad Morganlander

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The general thematic continues to be the European banking situation that has unhinged the risk market and slowly crept into the credit markets.

Chad Morganlander

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Somehow in those first two years, I think a certain arrogance crept in, in the sense of thinking as long as we get the policy ready, we didn't have to sell it.

President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Keep in mind these minutes reflect the committee's view of a few weeks ago and the Greece situation has only worsened since then, on top of that, external spillover risks from elsewhere -China - have crept up in a significant way as well since then.

Greg Moore

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson, (attributed)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in, forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day, you shall begin it well and serenely...

Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could some blunders and absurdities have crept in forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

William Shakespeare

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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