Crawl and Limp

Crawl

Crawl verb - To move slowly.
Usage example: the weekend traffic on the road to the beach just crawled

Limp and crawl are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Limp" instead a verb "Crawl".

Nearby Words: crawling, crawled, crawler, crawly, craw

Limp

Limp verb - To move slowly.
Usage example: we'll have to stop limping if we are ever going to make our destination in time

Crawl and limp are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crawl" instead a verb "Limp".

Nearby Words: limped, limping, limpness, limply

Common collocations

someone crawl someone limp someone
way crawl way limp way
meters crawl meters limp meters

Both words in one sentence

  • Improvised Golems Notably, if there isn't enough junk lying around, the golem must limp or crawl around until it can assimilate enough for a proper body.
  • In the Medal of Honor series, allies and enemies limp or crawl when severely injured, however the player doesn't suffer from this.
  • Recap / Doctor Who S 35 E 11 Heaven Sent As discussed in dialogue, Time Lords usually take a long time to die and in the Doctor's case after the Veil strikes he's able to crawl and limp through the castle for a day and a half before dying.
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