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Synonyms & Antonyms of crawling
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- the crawling pace of the narrative is really frustrating
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crawling
verbSynonyms & Antonyms of crawling (Entry 2 of 2)
- the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another
Synonyms for crawling
- bellying,
- creeping,
- groveling
- (or grovelling),
- sliding,
- slithering,
- snaking,
- worming,
- wriggling
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- the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled
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- the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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“Crawling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crawling. Accessed 26 Sep. 2022.
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