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Word: creep (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Creep out of bed and Madame La Grippe holds fortified positions in my head and vitals, whirls in a derisive dervish-dance in my ears. Slowly to breakfast and slowly to class, shivering. Fever mounts to my face after I am seated and for minutes I struggle with an oppressive longing to leave and go back to my garret...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...politics do not mix. He said he would not object if the President came to see him. Almost speechless in the presence of reporters, luncheon clubs and radio interviewers, he often sits up till 3 a. m. working out plays. When Bierman is creating, his wife and two sons creep quietly about the house. At practice, Bierman stands almost still, speaks in a low voice, nervously twirls a whistle attached to a black cord. He rarely blows the whistle but the cord wears out every ten days. His appearance is extraordinary. He has green eyes, a cleft chin and snow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Minnesota Miracle | 10/19/1936 | See Source »

...both occasions a gentleman relieves me of $1.10. I work out the equivalent of this in Australian pounds and inwardly groan. However, I'm inside and creep into my seat. A band (nothing like it in Australia) plays the same piece of music about eight times and then leaves the field to sun-dry folk who exhort the audience to cheer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Australian Graduate Student Writes of First View of American Football in Harvard Stadium | 10/13/1936 | See Source »

...Creep through the nightly waves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Professor's Poetry | 9/28/1936 | See Source »

...Softly, O ivy, softly creep...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE VAGABOND | 5/27/1936 | See Source »

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