WordNet
v. enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in" [syn: sneak in]
Usage examples of "creep in".
The battered roadbed gave beneath his right foot where a trickle of groundwater seeped up to dampen the leather of his boots and creep in through the seams.
Max couldn't understand how he'd managed to creep in, then, with a shock, he recognised the aura of a god.
The elemental form may be right enough, but there are other and deeper considerations that creep in to defeat our attempts.
Draw your warm woolly blanket in tight around your brains, or some little sneeze of sense might creep in, and impair your- efficiency!
Draw your warm woolly blanket in tight around your brains, or some little sneeze of sense might creep in, and impair your efficiency!
Under the eastern shore, our schooner, now bereft of any breeze, continued to creep in: the smart creature, when once under way, appearing motive in herself.
Soon, the fog would creep in, climbing the hill toward the fallen pillars and tilted white stone blocks.
But as he stared at the approaching figure, doubt began to creep in.