Sentence examples for creep by from inspiring English sources

"creep by" is grammatically correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which something progresses slowly but surely. For example, "The years have been steadily creeping by, but I'm still just as excited as the first day I started this job."

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"Or sometimes they'll pull over or creep by really slowly".

The first discernible signs of mission creep by the coalition were detected in Libya yesterday.

As the hours creep by, the task force discovers the killer's bizarre, ­aquarium-bound weapon.

As the empty hours creep by, he writes: "I'm so stupid!

You might think, then, that companies could avoid feature creep by just paying attention to what customers really want.

But the bull let us creep by, with the only consequence being shot nerves to go along with our knees.

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The car crept by.

The hours and minutes crept by.

A car crept by with just its parking lights on.

The innings, in their slow and ordered fashion, crept by.

The play creeps by at a snail's pace.

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