The longer a test is given, the more scores creep toward or above the national average.

All agreed, however, that it had begun creeping well above $100 million.

The stock fell sharply the first day and in recent months has rarely crept above $1.

Well off to the north, dust trails crept above the horizon.

But last year, under considerable pressure from allies, military spending crept just above the ceiling.

It is not the drivers who creep above the limit that really concern him anyway.

Although the sun had not yet crept above the rooftops, the air was already heavy with the day's moisture.

As a result, it stings Americans whose incomes have crept above $75,000.

The arc of the sun crept above the horizon.

The sun had crept above the low-lying clouds on the eastern horizon.