Sentences with phrase «slow creep»

The phrase "slow creep" means something that gradually progresses or advances over a long period of time, often in a sneaky or unnoticed way. Full definition
You notice the amounts on your credit bills slowing creeping up each month.
Many times in training an alarm response isn't necessary, as training or life challenges encountered are slow creeping problems.
«They're doing the un-Target,» Antia says, citing the chain's slow creep into Canada.
First of all, Putin consistently (maybe even exclusively) also mentions «geopolitical» reasons for Russian military aggression, mostly concerned with NATO's slow creep towards Russian borders and Western «broken promises» to Russia.
Still, Tucker describes his success as «a very slow creep
Nougat is likely to make the same type of slow creep onto more phones and tablets over the coming months.
Wilkins said they see the, «start of a slow creep,» to increases in business investment after years of chronic disappointment.
Privacy advocates warn that the slow creep of online expression into police surveillance tools is a violation of personal rights.
Thanks to a raft of small and large city policies, high prices elsewhere, and the slow creep of upscale businesses into the fringes, the area's vacancy rate has been halved.
The lines between pornographic and mainstream culture have become increasingly blurry; a slow creep in a more «liberated» direction seems to have reached a tipping point.
As the slow creep of confidence and veteran leadership binds the Blazers locker room, so too has the identity of a team that once held the NBA's best regular season record returned.
10) Team Kornblatt (VIP Sports Marketing)-- Currently tied for 9th with 15 points (Last Week: 5)-- Last week the «Bwa Squad began its ascent up the roller coaster with the slow creep toward the first drop..
It's a slow creep for sure, but with every year that passes, more parents are starting to realize the multiple benefits of starting potty training early.
But they also have not stopped anything, he said, especially the slow creep of water as land subsides and as seas rise.
Furthermore, research indicates that the slow creeping flow of hot buoyant rocks — moving several centimeters per year — carries heat away from the core to the surface, resulting in a very gradual cooling of the core over geological time.
My entire life to date it's meant a slow creep up back to ~ my starting weight.
Though it touches on a number of genres and encapsulates several themes, Black Swan is best viewed as a horror movie - a slow creep into insanity that's touching and terrifying in equal measure.
The Common Core State Standards in math and English Language Arts are beginning their slow creep into America's classrooms in 46 states and Washington, D.C., according to a new report released Wednesday by the Center on Education Policy.
The slow creep of bloatware, even on this mostly stock build of Android 3.0.1 — I just wanted Pulse and Weatherbug to go away, but there's no easy way to get rid of them.
Moose leapt out of his furry shell, went from mellow to motoring, and he hasn't stopped since — unless you count the times he's doing a slow creep away from Caron for getting into the cat food.
I saw the lanes, the slow creeping of doom of oncoming enemies, what looked like some nifty animations, and what seemed to be a constant pausing of the gameplay.
With each new stage completed, players are granted a special weapon in the form of either a magical trap to slow creeps or upgraded weaponry to tackle the enemy head on.
Instead, it's a more intimate meditation on the slow creep of continents through beautiful sculptural objects, textiles, and kinetic curtains.
In a slow creep, the water — all 122,000 gallons of it — will occupy nearly 33,000 square feet and, mirrorlike, turn the armory's ceiling upside down, plunging it into what seems to be a bottomless, liquid - filled space.»
Otherwise, these types of projects will probably be in «slow creep» mode for a long, long time, delayed by just about every excuse possible.
There's coasting when you lift and there's a slow creep when you come off the brakes at a traffic light.
The Samsung Galaxy Note, HTC One and the Asus Padfone are all examples of this slow creep towards bigger.
One of the narratives running parallel to bitcoin's staggering rise over the last year is its slow creep and retreat towards the world of mainstream...
Summer is slowing creeping up on us, and I for one am extremely ready!
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