How to Use creeper in a Sentence
creeper
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Birds like the Kauai akialoa, the Maui akepa, and the Molokai creeper which were unique to their locations.
—Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
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The creeper-style shoes were the biggest hint that this show was most suitable for the younger crowd.
—Alice Tate, Marie Claire, 21 Feb. 2013
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His most potent works dwell in the blue-black hues of the twelve hours per day when the bougainvillea and creepers are cloaked in dark.
—The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2018
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The brown creeper is one of five creeper species in the world, the only one in North America.
—Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
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The style felt like a lighter take on the summer combat boot, while still holding the appeal of a creeper.
—Maria Ward, Vogue, 17 July 2017
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Something orange and gooey splatters on the wall and the creeper pushes the door open to find a smashed pumpkin on the floor.
—Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
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Fight persistently as the creeper that brings down the tree.
—Christina Chaey, Bon Appétit, 11 Apr. 2021
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The Bronco's stick-shift is a seven-speed unit, with Ford referring to the first gear as a creeper gear.
—Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
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Owls and a small songbird called the brown creeper are among those species that have disappeared, Lovio said.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
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But his pointy creeper dress shoes by Berluti and messy bedhead helped make the fit feel cool and current.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2020
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Virginia creeper is a native vine that will work as a ground cover.
—Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
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Hey, maybe this is what the creeper gear—the lowest of the seven—is really for, rather than trying to get the Bronco to pop a wheelie.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2021
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Trees are left to grow over and inside buildings, creepers tumble over rooftops and flaking walls.
—Emily Ding, CNN, 21 May 2017
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This purse-friendly perfume has a floral scent that's a mix of rangoon creeper, jasmine bud, and tuberose.
—Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2021
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When Fawcett returns after one expedition, the front of his English house is wreathed in creepers, as if the tendrils of vines had spread across the sea.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
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The moss-like Corsican mint is an attractive creeper, good between paving stones or in the rock garden.
—The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2018
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Scotch moss, Corsican mint, mondo grass and blue star creeper can all be walked on without a problem as well.
—Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
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Notes: Rangoon creeper, tuberose, jasmine bud Sizes: 3.3 oz.
—Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
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The porous limestone walls are laced with thick brown arteries of twigs and creepers; below it, the ground teems with large ants and dark-blue millipedes which dart through the dirt.
—1843, 20 Feb. 2020
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Quickly and easily transform it into a handheld sucking up stair dust, or use it as a crevice-creeper in the car and on the sofa.
—Cortne Bonilla, refinery29.com, 23 Nov. 2020
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That’s fleece, that’s T-shirts, that’s creepers and onesies—everything except hard goods and headwear.
—Jonathan Evans, Esquire, 5 Feb. 2018
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The costumed creeper was charged with forcible touching and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
—Fox News, 9 Sep. 2019
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UNO Minecraft features characters from the video game on each card, as well as a special creeper rule card which forces other players to draw three cards from the pile.
—Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
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Sparrows, ovenbirds, juncos, warblers, kinglets, and creepers are just some of the species on the casualty list.
—Babak Tafreshi, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2019
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This four-pack of soft plush toys comes with a creeper, yellow ocelot, bat, and skeleton—all characters of the passive and hostile mobs that populate the game.
—Lauren Gray, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022
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That guy – the suspect, the creeper – must’ve broken into my neighbor’s apartment and, on his way through the door, kicked my newspaper inside.
—The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
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Though a tiny fraction of the population can actually get a rash from creeper (just like poison ivy), a rash isn’t the worst this plant can dish out.
—Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2019
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But contrary to a shoddy slew of Lifetime movies, most online daters aren't creepers, psychos or stalkers.
—Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2018
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Against Ohio State, Ojabo had to replace a blitzing inside linebacker in zone coverage on one creeper look.
—Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 2 Feb. 2022
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Easily converting from creeper to seat, this Z-creeper is one of the handiest tools any garage could have.
—Jon Langston, Car and Driver, 27 Nov. 2022
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