Explore Crept through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Crept in a sentence
Crept meaning
simple past and past participle of creep
Using Crept
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of creep
- In the example corpus, crept often appears in combinations such as: crept into, crept up, has crept.
Context around Crept
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crept
- In this selection, "crept" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fear, almost, phrase, across, closer and away stand out and add context to how "crept" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 20 yards crept under the and and ambition crept in and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crept" sits close to words such as accelerates, allotment and ascended, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crept
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A cold fear crept up inside of me. (8 words)
EC3 eyed Pollo, and a devious smile crept across his face. (11 words)
Heavy doses of nostalgia have crept up among NFL fanbases again this offseason. (13 words)
In the past two weeks, what started as rumour in distant lands has gradually crept into many homes in the city as no one would claim not to have known someone whose private organ has been harvested after a mere handshake or body contact with strangers. (46 words)
Pollard's first involvement was to boot a penalty and growing tension was evident as errors crept into both sides, but when Farrell found the target for the fourth time, England entered the break with a deserved 12-6 lead. (40 words)
But “lie” and its derivatives crept into widespread use after the 2020 election, and it’s no longer unusual to see headlines about the “ on not just opinion pieces, but also what is held up as unbiased reporting. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
A cold fear crept up inside of me.
And then a curling effort from Elliot Hartley almost crept in, but that was as good as it got for City.
As I walked from the station toward the promenade the phrase crept back into my mind.
But “lie” and its derivatives crept into widespread use after the 2020 election, and it’s no longer unusual to see headlines about the “ on not just opinion pieces, but also what is held up as unbiased reporting.
EC3 eyed Pollo, and a devious smile crept across his face.
Finance, real estate and business services crept up by 0,6%, mainly driven by financial intermediation, insurance & pension funding, real estate and business services.
Global stock markets and Wall Street futures fell Wednesday as the U.S. government crept closer to a potentially disruptive default.
Heavy doses of nostalgia have crept up among NFL fanbases again this offseason.
He snapped, and flung it from his hand, then cowering, he crept away and left the battle field.
His excellent finish from 20-yards crept under the arms of Hitchcock who couldn’t quite get down quick enough, and the ball nestled into the bottom right corner.
In fact, Adele crept into his house in the wee small hours to spring the surprise on him that she’d be the one driving him to work for a change.
In fact, financial information company revealed on Monday that the average two-year fixed rate mortgage has crept up to 6.01% – a rate not see since December, when the effects of the were still hitting the market.
Instead, the percentage of grade-level readers crept down ever so slightly, from 47.1% to 46.7%.
In the past two weeks, what started as rumour in distant lands has gradually crept into many homes in the city as no one would claim not to have known someone whose private organ has been harvested after a mere handshake or body contact with strangers.
It also was where some of the lifelong doubts she still harbors first crept into her young consciousness.
Mercy’s romantic and empowering words had a visible impact on Pere, as a smile slowly crept across his face.
Much of this personal investigation into the nature of friendships, its concepts of loyalty – and how we are all capable of taking advantage of each other – crept from the imagination of Simon Carlyle.
Pollard's first involvement was to boot a penalty and growing tension was evident as errors crept into both sides, but when Farrell found the target for the fourth time, England entered the break with a deserved 12-6 lead.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the specter of nuclear weapon use, Earth crept its closest to Armageddon, a science-oriented advocacy group said, moving its famous “Doomsday Clock” up to just 90 seconds before midnight.
So, I joined that band and then things got serious and ambition crept in and dynamics got more stressful.
Common combinations with crept
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- crept into 43×
- crept up 36×
- has crept 22×
- crept in 21×
- have crept 13×
- that crept 12×
- crept back 8×
- it crept 6×
- had crept 6×
- he crept 5×