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How to pronounce creeps in English?

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Type Words
Type of animal disease
Type Words
Type of fear, fearfulness, fright


he gives me the creeps.

Examples of creeps

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As revenue creeps toward $10 billion, its market cap has moved past $20 billion.
From the businessweek.com
The realization that I may never be OK with the way I look creeps into my brain.
From the ocregister.com
But when debt creeps up on you, you need every tool in the shed to deal with it.
From the economist.com
A soft smile creeps into her face, and she insists she does not have a boyfriend.
From the usatoday.com
Bratislav Punosevac is first to a cross and his volley just creeps past the post.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The glacier normally creeps along at an average speed of about 1 metre per day.
From the newscientist.com
I have often wondered what we can do to keep these creeps away from our children.
From the cnn.com
Guarded sadness creeps in when the girls she's lost or lost touch with come up.
From the news-journalonline.com
Here Marvin Walker of Columbia creeps down the embankment to fish at the landing.
From the thestate.com
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  • The Committee for the Re-Election of the President, abbreviated CRP but often mocked by the acronym CREEP, was a fundraising organization of United States President Richard Nixon's administration. ...
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  • Creep, (Krip - pijin) (Gara = babatana), refers to a customary practice in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands whereby males may seek to find a wife.