Advance stealthily or unnoticed.
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Examples for "sneak up "
Examples for "sneak up "
1 The view from here made the church impossible to sneak up on.
2 At this point, he wasn't exactly trying to sneak up on her.
3 Thus, it was said, no enemy could sneak up on the Vindrasi.
4 Break in the back door and sneak up behind on those fellows.
5 I really am sorry, I didn't meant to sneak up on you.
1 But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly creep up .
2 Even if prices creep up , it could be for the wrong reasons.
3 No wonder volatility is beginning to creep up , no matter how slowly.
4 You will only have to creep up the bed of the Münzbach.
5 He half-expected someone to try to creep up on him from behind.
6 After Guzman's first prison break, violence began to creep up in Mexico.
7 She saw a darker shade of red creep up into his cheeks.
8 No, one must creep up and find whether the coast is clear.
9 I guess we can creep up without his catching us at it.
10 Slowly, very slowly, it began to creep up the gentle slope again.
11 Kneeling on a boulder, she did not notice it creep up behind.
12 He shrugged his shoulders and felt a chill creep up his back.
13 Grace felt a queer little shiver creep up and down her spine.
14 Let's creep up to the harness loft and see who it is.
15 Twisting swirls of color began to creep up the Genii Cucullati's leg.
16 The former is expected to creep up , while the latter may decrease slightly.
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