crept

[ krept ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of creep.

crept

/ krɛpt /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of creep

Example Sentences

Jurado said she wants to help Latino residents fight the gentrification that radically transformed her native Highland Park and has crept into Boyle Heights over the past decade.

From Los Angeles Times

I tested the body and lip balm options while out hiking and camping in Kings Canyon National Park, and neither melted in the tube, even as the temperature crept beyond 90 degrees.

From Los Angeles Times

To then find themselves trailing 3-2 and down to 10 men is bad enough, but then they got themselves level late on, before being beaten in stoppage time when Bryan Mbeumo’s cross crept in.

From BBC

Glasner wants to play this expansive brand of football but results mean a bit of doubt has crept in, and that is really evident from their performances.

From BBC

Now, suspicion about elections has become so pervasive that it has moved well beyond urban areas with large vote-counting operations and crept into places like Jackson County.

From BBC

Related Words

• glide
• inch
• lurk
• slink
• slither
• snake
• sneak
• tiptoe
• wriggle