sneaked up

variants or snuck up
past tense of sneak up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sneaked up
Verb
  • If approved, the settlement would be among the largest in a wave of lawsuits over the past decade as governments and others sought to hold drugmakers, wholesalers and pharmacies accountable for the opioid epidemic that started rising in the years after OxyContin hit the market in 1996.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Fortune, 18 June 2025
  • One eyewitness, Mohammed Abu Abed, said that a group of people was hit by an airstrike.
    Kara Fox, CNN Money, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • There had never even been a $1 trillion American company until Apple reached the milestone in 2018.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • The right hand reached down and grabbed the handle of his ‘enforcer’ and started up with it.
    Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Sneaked up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sneaked%20up. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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