Suddenly that scrawled word crept back into my conscious mind.

The words crept over her skin like bony fingers.

Slow the words creep forth as a sleepy and deadly flood.

The words crept out of Kirk before he could stop them.

Then the word crept slowly into the forefront of my mind.

And not a word about drugs crept into the TV encounter.

The words crept across his mind as he stood looking down into the eyepiece.

The word crept into the American lexicon sometime around 1962.

The words she must be saying crept into Egwene's head.

As she stood over the coffin, one word crept into her mind: "Why?"