Creeps
[kri:ps]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of fear and revulsion; 'he gives me the creeps'.
(noun.) a disease of cattle and sheep attributed to a dietary deficiency; characterized by anemia and softening of the bones and a slow stiff gait.
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Examples
- My life creeps like a snail. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I don't sleep at night, and in the afternoon a dreadful drowsiness creeps over me. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Now the trouble with such an idol is that autobiography creeps in anyway. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- She was constantly complaining of the cold, and of its occasioning a visitation in her back which she called 'the creeps'. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The hermit Secretary, who creeps up and down the back stairs, and is never seen! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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