How to Use creep up on in a Sentence

creep up on

phrasal verb

• The effects of being away from home can creep up on you.
  — Roxana Becerril, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Then, the valet appeared out of the shadows like Batman creeping up on us.
  — Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• The hunters crept up on flocks of birds, which failed to realize the severity of the situation.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
• Sign up This crisis in American democracy crept up on many of us.
  — Heather Cox Richardson, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
• The bottom line is that financial experts say don’t wait for these student loan repayments to creep up on you.
  — Alexis Christoforous, ABC News, 16 June 2023
• In his younger days he had been known to creep up on his first owner, the colleague’s future husband, and drop on him suddenly from above, like a feline version of Cato, Inspector Clouseau’s manservant.
  — Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 1 June 2023
• The Blazers have reportedly not engaged in trade talks with Miami but have recently talked with teams about a potential deal with the start of training camp creeping up on Oct. 3.
  — Afentres, oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2023
• Running just 81 minutes, the third-place Jury Prize winner may be slight compared to many of Kaurismäki’s more complex narratives, but its well of feeling creeps up on you and delivers a good share of laugh-out-loud lines with droll aplomb.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 May 2023
• The emotional tug of the movie is never obvious, mostly creeping up on you almost imperceptibly.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2023
• Typically, the values will creep up on repeat testing until a tumor eventually appears on a scan.
  — Mara Buchbinder, STAT, 29 Oct. 2023
• Lead guitarist Brown explains that, in his own experience as a musician, mental health issues can slowly creep up on tour when things are typically hectic.
  — Marisa Whitaker, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023
• Confidence: Medium-High Tomorrow night: Humidity is creeping up on a south wind.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 22 July 2023
• Usage data for these water coolers suggests attendance is slowly creeping up on Fridays and Mondays, though rates of use are still well below pre-pandemic levels.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 24 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024