I'm getting a spare tire around my waist. I guess it's middle age creeping up on me.
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Creeping
//ˈkɹiːpɪŋ//
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Fear left, hope came, and then the first real improvements began creeping in.
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And then came creeping over her face and eyes flies without wings; she winked and blinked, but they could not fly away, for their wings had been pulled off; this, added to the hunger she felt, was horrible torture.
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Tom is creeping me out.
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