How to Use creeper in a Sentence

creeper

noun

• Birds like the Kauai akialoa, the Maui akepa, and the Molokai creeper which were unique to their locations.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
• The creeper-style shoes were the biggest hint that this show was most suitable for the younger crowd.
  — Alice Tate, Marie Claire, 21 Feb. 2013
• The creepers are less than loveable but still clever enough to avoid the skin-burning ovens.
  — Peter Bart, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2025
• His most potent works dwell in the blue-black hues of the twelve hours per day when the bougainvillea and creepers are cloaked in dark.
  — The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2018
• The brown creeper is one of five creeper species in the world, the only one in North America.
  — Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 20 Apr. 2021
• The style felt like a lighter take on the summer combat boot, while still holding the appeal of a creeper.
  — Maria Ward, Vogue, 17 July 2017
• Something orange and gooey splatters on the wall and the creeper pushes the door open to find a smashed pumpkin on the floor.
  — Shannon Carlin, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
• Fight persistently as the creeper that brings down the tree.
  — Christina Chaey, Bon Appétit, 11 Apr. 2021
• The glaze sort of looks like hot pepper jelly, and as such, its heat is more of a creeper than a palate crusher.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• The Bronco's stick-shift is a seven-speed unit, with Ford referring to the first gear as a creeper gear.
  — Joey Capparella, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
• Owls and a small songbird called the brown creeper are among those species that have disappeared, Lovio said.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023
• But his pointy creeper dress shoes by Berluti and messy bedhead helped make the fit feel cool and current.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2020
• Virginia creeper is a native vine that will work as a ground cover.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
• Alan is the name of the neighborhood creeper, who seems to be fixated on Becka.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 17 Jan. 2025
• Wear ice creepers attached to boots to prevent slipping on clear ice.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
• Hey, maybe this is what the creeper gear—the lowest of the seven—is really for, rather than trying to get the Bronco to pop a wheelie.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2021
• Davie Park filled in some gaps in our list with such goodies as a brown creeper, pine warbler and hairy woodpecker.
  — Taylor Piephoff, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Trees are left to grow over and inside buildings, creepers tumble over rooftops and flaking walls.
  — Emily Ding, CNN, 21 May 2017
• This purse-friendly perfume has a floral scent that's a mix of rangoon creeper, jasmine bud, and tuberose.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 May 2021
• When Fawcett returns after one expedition, the front of his English house is wreathed in creepers, as if the tendrils of vines had spread across the sea.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2017
• But those seeking restraint and something more clever than the usual carnage will find this talky (in a good way) creeper offers more to chew on than the genre norm.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
• The moss-like Corsican mint is an attractive creeper, good between paving stones or in the rock garden.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 22 Aug. 2018
• Scotch moss, Corsican mint, mondo grass and blue star creeper can all be walked on without a problem as well.
  — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018
• Notes: Rangoon creeper, tuberose, jasmine bud Sizes: 3.3 oz.
  — Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 24 Jan. 2024
• The porous limestone walls are laced with thick brown arteries of twigs and creepers; below it, the ground teems with large ants and dark-blue millipedes which dart through the dirt.
  — 1843, 20 Feb. 2020
• Most striking among them is the eldest son, dressed in a long velvet frock coat and a battered pair of brothel creepers.
  — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
• Tree roots and ivy creepers have also snaked through the stonework.
  — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
• Blue star creeper is an excellent lawn substitute for moist soils and looks great between pavers or as an edging plant.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Aug. 2025
• To be honest, creepers weren’t always at the top of my list of concerns.
  — Jenny Borts, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
• Ted slumped on to the sofa, his long legs bent, his feet in brothel creepers, his fingers drumming on the bones of his knees.
  — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025