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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a creeping" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is gradually or slowly advancing, often in a negative or unsettling context.
Example: "There was a creeping sense of dread as the storm clouds gathered on the horizon."
Alternatives: "a gradual" or "an encroaching".
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And a creeping disestablishment is under way.
The piano played a creeping, tense melody.
It appears to have a creeping rhizome.
The other extreme is a "creeping" fault.
She tried to stifle a creeping smile.
"It was a creeping discomfort," he said.
It casts a creeping, narcotic spell.
Polonium was a miasma, a creeping fog.
Nonetheless, there's a creeping air of seediness.
The best of these showed a creeping roots-minded traditionalism.
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They came all a-creeping, silent and slinking.
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