(noun) The act of moving slowly on hands and knees etc, or with frequent stops.
"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."
"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward."
"You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?"