Advertisement
Advertisement
crawling
/ ˈɔːɪŋ /
noun
a defect in freshly applied paint or varnish characterized by bare patches and ridging
Example Sentences
They begin to see each other beyond their individual allegiances, but it happens slowly, prejudices unraveling at a crawling pace.
It's pitch black and we're crawling along a secret underground tunnel beneath a high street in Hull.
One described the terror of being woken by a man crawling across her bedroom floor and threatening to kill her.
When Spike turns 12, Jamie takes him to the mainland, where the infected roam freely — some gluttonous and crawling; others fast-moving and strong — to learn how to hunt and gather to provide for the island.
Bathers are an artistic signal for life crawling onto shore out of the primordial ooze or basking in a pastoral, prelapsarian paradise.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse