shadows creep

Frequency: 7.213.3 per million words

describes shadows moving slowly and quietly across a surface

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Examples (10)

  • As dusk settled, the shadows began to creep across the valley.
  • In the eerie silence of twilight, the long shadows seemed to creep towards the house.
  • We watched as the shadows of the trees slowly crept up the wall.
  • By late afternoon, the building's shadows will creep across the entire courtyard.
  • The children imagined monsters hiding where the shadows crept in the corners of their room.
  • Every evening, as the sun dips below the horizon, the shadows creep longer and darker.
  • A shiver ran down her spine as the unfamiliar shadows crept closer in the dimly lit alley.
  • Don't let the shadows of doubt creep into your mind; stay positive.
  • Through the ancient forest, the dappled shadows crept silently along the mossy path.
  • If you wait long enough, you'll see how the shadows creep across the sundial, marking the passage of time.