John worries about a creeping dependency on electronic devices.

The brick wall was covered with creeping ivy.

Lola screamed when she felt the spider creeping along her arm.

Ivy has crept up the walls, almost covering the windows.

The day crept by, and finally it was time to go home.

Kate watched the creep of the moonlight across the roof. At rush hour, traffic moves at a creep.

That creep keeps staring at me.

Only a creep would laugh at the boss's dumb jokes.

Stress and high temperatures caused creep in the turbine's blades.

Arriving home drunk again, he tried to creep in unnoticed.

In the beginning, she could never have imagined he would be unfaithful to her, but doubts began to creep in.

The man in black crept quietly into the bushes.

A pessimistic tone has crept into his recent novels.

I don't like the way he looks at me; he creeps me out.

A sense of resentment began to creep over her.

When the thunder started, the dog crept under the bed and stayed there until it stopped.

When Gary crept up and tapped me on the shoulder, I jumped.

House prices have crept up by several thousand since we bought our home.

She startled her sister by creeping up on her and shouting "Boo!"

You had better start working now; don't let the deadline creep up on you.

One way of avoiding scope creep is to define the limits of a project very precisely.