as in leisurely
moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed
the crawling pace of the narrative is really frustrating
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as in creeping
to move slowly with the body close to the ground
the time we had to crawl through a narrow passageway from one cave to another
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as in dragging
to move slowly
the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled
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as in poking
to move or act slowly
the deadline is fast approaching, so this is no time to crawl
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