I was trying not to whine, but my voice kept creeping higher and higher.

He notes that the average audience age for the two big guys in late night has been creeping higher and higher.

"Did you know your voice creeps higher when you're lying?"

With interest rates creeping steadily higher, some economists are beginning to worry that the nation will be plunged into a recession next year.

His eyebrows crept even higher when he saw the letterhead on which the note was written.

The years moved on steadily, the population count crept higher.

Stroking the inside of her thigh, his hand crept higher.

My feet were cold, and the coldness crept higher.

Spain's unemployment, which had been near 20% since the beginning of the recession, crept even higher.

The population of the camp, which has crept higher and higher since the fighting started, finally began to drop.