Word: creeped
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...show folk is not oftener blended with the razzle-dazzle of the Midway. Instead, the uninspired libretto ordains that Lottie shall fall for a divorced Shakespearean actor with a troubled and troublesome daughter, and that their romance shall not only run on & on, but eventually trudge and finally creep...
...planning to extend National Memorial Park to the Curtin fenceline. Citing an old Virginia law that prohibits cemeteries closer than 750 ft. to residences, Curtin argued the matter in court. The court ruled that the law did not apply to existing cemeteries, and National Park began to creep toward Curtin's dooryard. The cemetery, a mortician's dream, features "music from the trees," bars tombstones (graves are marked by bronze plaques, level with the clipped lawns) and boasts an impressive statuary group, The Fountain of Faith, by famed Scupltor Carl Milles (TIME, Oct. 20, 1952). For a while...
...clear that they had to pare down the number of characters wandering through the story to keep within the limits of the CinemaScope screen. But when only a lean-faced Mel Ferrer, a sullen Ava Gardner, and a Frank Merriwellish Robert Taylor remain, disappointment tends to creep in. All that keeps the audience from leaving their seats are the colorful sword-swinging battle scenes between regiments of Round Table rivals and the single-handed heroics of Robert Taylor's Launcelot...
With 12 little cards and 13 signatures, the men in University Hall might well relax, secure in the knowledge that they have their 10,000 sheep well within the fold. But, after a term, the old doubts creep back again and at spring registration each student is confronted with two more cards, just to make sure...
...grandchildren of his own. I think one of the reasons he married me was on account of the babies, who adore him . . . But there is one thing he can't take. He doesn't like 'Grandpa.' I guess that sort of thing has to creep up on one ... So the issue has been settled by their using the less traumatic salutation: 'Uncle...