The needle of the speedometer crept steadily across the dial.
The starter motor whined and he watched the needle creep around the rev counter.
The needle crept steadily up to Mach.99 and hung there for several seconds.
Steiger warily regarded the temperature gauge as the needle crept toward the red.
A white needle was creeping clockwise, as a red-and-yellow striped one moved counterclockwise.
Finally the needle flickered, crept forward, and became still.
The needle of the counter crept toward the red.
The needle on the detector-dial crept over and over.
The needle of the pointer crept steadily from zero to one hundred.
The needle on the airspeed indicator crept past Mach 1.