A half hour had crept by.

Every hour or so Blade went down on his belly and crept to the edge of the Wall to examine the plain below.

The hours crept on, and still she did not sleep.

Six hours in the woods, creeping along at two miles an hour.

On the last day of session, he is usually unstoppable, challenging bill after bill as the hours creep past and his colleagues roll their eyes.

So reasoned the detective, while the hours crept by all too slowly.

The hours crept by on turtle feet.

The hours of the night crept by with agonizing slowness.

The hours crept by until, instinctively, he knew the hour of daybreak was near.

They had read and talked to her in the earlier portion of the night, but as the hours crept on, she sunk to sleep.