Its rays crept across the floor, closer and closer to where she lay.

A ray of sun crept in and caught the sparkle of water.

The first rays of sun crept over the eastern ridge, spilling light into the town.

I lifted my head, and a ray of hope crept into the darkness of my heart; for when men fall they grasp at feathers.

A ray of hope crept into Lowther's eyes.

A ray of morning sunlight crept slowly across the dull wooden floor to play on the farmer's leg.

The rays crept across the slab with its skin of yellowish lichen.

Only the most ambitious rays of light crept through the dense canopy, the darkness swelling from all sides.

The sun declined westward, and its rays crept under my canvas canopy.

But in all their talk of hopelessness, a new ray of optimism has been creeping in.