Sentence examples for small creeping from inspiring English sources

Riccia, genus of liverworts (small, creeping plants) in the order Marchantiales, widely distributed throughout the world.

The smaller creeping bent (A. stolonifera), the stolons of which grow up to 1.2 metres (3.9 feet) per season, and Idaho bentgrass (A. idahoensis) are popular lawn grasses.

Density measurements indicate that the effect of increased crystallinity is counterbalanced by scCO2-generated microvoids, particularly at higher pressures, leading to smaller creep resistance.

The smaller creep rates of the nanocrystalline ceramic are attributed primarily to the densification of the amorphous structure upon sample annealing.

The results for F82H and JLF-1 with a 400 MPa hoop stress showed small creep strains (<0.25%) after irradiation at 573 K.

All morning under a milky sky the waters in the bay had swelled and swelled, rising to unheard-of heights, the small waves creeping over parched sand that for years had known no wetting save for rain and lapping the very bases of the dunes.

Shirin waves, a small smile creeping across her face.

Facebook dominates the online social media world with only a few small competitors creeping up around the edges.

Gisèle Baxter, in the journal Canadian Literature, wrote that the its tone was set at the beginning of the book by "an anecdote of a small boy creeping into the moonlit, partly wooded backyard of his family home".

Small errors creep into the observed positions for many reasons, such as not knowing the exact time of the observations or finding the positions using an out-of-date star catalog.

Small mutations creep in over generations, so the number of differences in the markers of any two men can reveal how long ago their common forefather lived.