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Example sentences for "crawled"

Lexicographically close words:
craving; cravings; craw; crawfish; crawl; crawler; crawlers; crawling; crawls; crawly
  1. The Sibley tents blew down as fast as put up, and in this condition we crawled under them to get the best protection possible from the fierce northern blast.

  2. He must have crawled out through the window, though it seemed not large enough to permit even a boy's egress.

  3. I crawled out of a window and helped recover bodies from the wreckage.

  4. Got on his knees and crawled up to whar he c'ud poke his nose outen the scrub hyar, an' watch us.

  5. Out of the tent crawled Thad, utterly regardless of the fact that he was not altogether warmly clad for a cold night.

  6. Quick as thought Thad whirled over to the exit, and crawled out.

  7. The major, from among the prisoners crawled to York with an offer to order the surrender of the machine gunners.

  8. To the right a German had crawled nearby.

  9. I crawled in, buried myself in the straw and leaves with which the floor of the hut was deeply heaped, and which happily were tolerably dry, and fell at once into a sleep which was almost as heavy as death.

  10. Do you suppose that I can learn to feel myself under one law with a crew that crawled before my ancestors in the dust?

  11. The riveting was finished, the hammers at rest; the man with the pincers crawled out of the belly of the monster.

  12. When the Battle-Axe crawled into its area it was half-sister to a calm, while the Star was doing eight knots an hour.

  13. Some I saw carried in litters, and others that could scarce set one foot before the other crawled painfully along the road.

  14. With this he bound the dragon fast, and gave the end of the girdle into her hand, and the subdued monster crawled after them like a dog.

  15. The arrows discomforting the snake it crawled forth and, darting at him furiously, endeavoured to twine itself about his legs.

  16. Frank crawled out shivering, with Harry grumbling half asleep behind him, and when he stood in the well found he could see a hazy loom of trees across the little white waves that came splashing toward the boat.

  17. The mist, which was getting thicker, rested clammily on his face, and crawled in denser wreaths among the black trunks which stood out here and there from the encircling gloom.

  18. Frank's hands were too muddy to brush them away and they crawled about his face and into his ears.

  19. By and by the plunges grew more violent, and struggling into his clothes, which were partly dry, Frank put out the lamp and crawled out into the well.

  20. Frank followed his companion as he crawled up on the little deck.

  21. Harry crawled out of the excavation, and Frank slipped a crossbar through the hole in the auger, driving the point of the latter into the wood.

  22. When at length they swept out into the open water the dog crawled up to Harry and licked his hands.

  23. Then he noticed a pale reflection against what he supposed to be the bottom of a seat, and as it was evident that the overturned lantern had not quite gone out he crawled toward it.

  24. The last sled arrived before they were ready for it, and they crawled about half buried, dragging the grass here and there with their hands and ramming it with their feet and knees into any odd spaces left.

  25. Once or twice, when Jake, who crawled out to see if the anchor was holding, left the slide open, the sound filled the cabin with tremendous pulsating harmonies.

  26. They crawled into the cabin, and when they had made a meal Jake sculled the sloop in near enough to the steep beach for them to jump.

  27. He could not speak, and as he breathlessly crawled on board Harry snatched the rope from him and made it fast.

  28. So Ole jumped down and crawled under one of the wagons for shade, and the tramp got on the machine.

  29. When Jake went out, Marek crawled along the floor and stuffed up the door-crack again.

  30. At daybreak Dextry returned to his post, and it was midnight before he crawled from his hiding-place to see the lawyer and Glenister.

  31. At the bottom of the hill where it ran out upon the level it had worn a considerable ditch through the soil, and into this he crawled on hands and knees.

  32. The general led, and Fitz and I crawled behind him, in a snake scout.

  33. Birds flew over, calling and excited, and squirrels raced along, and porcupines and skunks, and even worms and ants crawled and ran, trying to escape the dragon.

  34. Then he crawled backward, and disappeared.

  35. So we crawled into bed, out of the wind and where the spruce branches partly sheltered us, and our tarps kept the dampness out and the wind, too.

  36. Before exposing ourselves on top of the hill we crawled and stuck just our heads up, Indian scouts fashion, to reconnoiter.

  37. The branches came down clear to the ground, in a circle around, and when we had crawled in and had covered the bundle with other boughs and needles, it couldn't be seen unless you looked mighty close.

  38. An' jus' afore sun up my man crawled out de back of de wagon.

  39. We ceased at once to feel like standing passively on the defensive, but immediately crawled out of the hut to do something,--exactly what, we did not know.

  40. I crawled out through the doorway of the hut (which I have told you was not high enough for us to stand upright in), and, upon coming near the end of it, there was the bear within three feet of me.

  41. The seals, as if glad that summer had once more returned, crawled out upon the ice, and lay there on it, where it floated in the water, basking in the sun.

  42. Almost holding their breath, they crawled forward through the undergrowth and between the rocks, and presently gained a point where they could see the outline of a wagon.

  43. Hardly daring to breathe, they crawled from the shelter of the rocks to the nearest outbuildings, one given over to some chickens.

  44. At the far end of the plain a heavy, dusty column crawled in sight.

  45. As the trooper cantered off Kim crawled round to the back of the house, where, going on his Lahore experiences, he judged there would be food--and information.

  46. After we had crawled in this disgusting fashion for a matter of a couple of hundred feet we were halted by our escort.

  47. Silently we dropped to the deserted deck, and on hands and knees crawled toward the hatchway.

  48. In accordance with his instructions I dropped to my hands and knees once more and crawled from the Presence.

  49. Some one was hurt behind his car and he crawled out to see.

  50. We crawled on our bellies, looking and listening every minute.

  51. He lay flat and crawled little by little.

  52. Kurt crawled under a car and between the wheels, from which vantage-point he looked out.

  53. Kurt crawled out of his hiding-place, and stole from car to car, in search of Olsen.

  54. He lay awake a long while in the frosty darkness, skeptically waiting for something remarkable to happen; once he crawled out of the cot-bed and groped his way to the chimney place.

  55. Steve understood that without being told, so he crawled quickly through.

  56. It was now Steve's turn, and he crawled through the hole as quickly as possible, though he felt himself growing momentarily weaker.

  57. Up crawled the Putnam Hall crew, until the other boat was but a quarter of a length ahead.

  58. At last the boys considered themselves safe and crawled from their beds once more.

  59. They crawled cautiously to the top of the stairs and looked down.

  60. Slowly one student after another crawled forth into the open air.

  61. Soon Baxter, Ritter, and Mumps crawled from under the collapsed tent, making a great noise among the tinware as they did so.

  62. Then the general-utility man crawled out and ran for the barn.

  63. See, they have crawled out of sight already.

  64. By nature they are very fearless, and the majority merely stared inquisitively; a few spread their great wings and flapped heavily away for a short distance, and others crawled actively along the branches back downwards.

  65. When the latter crawled about, the baby was supported in the membrane of the wing, which bagged slightly with the weight.

  66. The endless afternoon wore on--she crawled along the forest-way, stumbling every now and then from sheer faintness, and tearing her hands and face in the brambles of the roadside.

  67. And silently the Vapour crawled in sluggish folds through the heavy air.

  68. Skinny crawled over and attended to it, making a tourniquet of his neckerchief and clumsily bandaging it with a strip torn from his shirt.

  69. Then he crawled around to one side and fired at the center of his "C.

  70. Johnny crawled down the arroyo and reappeared at Hopalong's barn.

  71. Dropping down on all fours, they crawled to the last line of brush and looked out over an extensive bottoms.

  72. Yu wants to stay down from up there, yu ijit," warned Billy as the disgusted Johnny crawled up the bank.

  73. He began to get tired of this one-sided business and crawled up on the window ledge, dangling his feet on the outside.

  74. Shorty very promptly crawled behind it and, as he did so, Skinny began a wide circle, firing at intervals as Shorty's smoke cleared away.

  75. When they had crawled behind them they each had another wound.

  76. Well, so long," said Johnny as he crawled away.

  77. Some crawled up, half drowned; some dripping wet; some scarcely yet awake, acting upon the blind impulse of self- preservation.

  78. Here at last the railway journey ends, thank Heaven," sighed Claudia, as the train slackened its speed and crawled into the station.


  79. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crawled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.