I was afraid that that thing would creep over and seize me in the dark.

Still there-the unseen thing that had emerged from the darkness beyond the window crept across the room and reached out to him.

Mind you, I have a rather suspicious mind and unintended things do creep into translations sometimes.

Yes," said Burke, "but sometimes things creep in anyway.

But slowly an ugly thing creeps into your mind.

He held Shadrach still as the thing crept with mechanical stealth over the lip of the stairs, and disappeared into the dark room beyond.

Because when you lose three, those things do creep in there.

Slowly, inexorably, the thing crept backward-and another wave started at the stern and worked forward.

Dawn The sun was rising, and as the heat shimmered in phantom waves the night things crept back to their holes.

And as the lights came up, she'd sit down again and let the thing creep back up through her bones where it belonged.