How to Use creepy-crawly in a Sentence

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• The black creepy-crawly stands out against the orange to spook visitors of all ages.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
• If a creepy-crawly can make people sick, the Pentagon is interested in battling it.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 2023-06-07
• Sorry to that weird hanging plant with a tongue, the acid-spewing flies, and the creepy-crawly super-ticks, but that monster is the Eyeball.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
• While working, wrenchers can disappear in the blink of an eye and reappear somewhere completely different—like a creepy-crawly.
  — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 2023-03-24
• Dunkin’ is celebrating Halloween early this year with a new seasonal drink and a creepy-crawly doughnut.
  — Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 16 Oct. 2025
• The creepy-crawly contest is at the center of the annual Woolly Worm Festival, a fiercely popular local event that’s been going on for nearly half a century.
  — Corey Buhay, Smithsonian Magazine, 2023-10-27
• The influence of Linda Blair’s famous spider walk from The Exorcist can be seen in some of the movement, and the title is a tip-off to the creepy-crawly creatures the house’s clandestine resident has been studying to hone its lethality.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2023-07-19