He's been 'creeping' (up) to the boss for months, so it's no surprise he got a promotion.
A spider was 'creeping' [='crawling'] along the bathroom floor.
I caught him 'creeping' down the stairs to the kitchen.
(..) There would have been a time for such a word. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Out. Out, brief candle. (..)2015 Macbeth