crowd around

Example Sentences

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Sometimes, concerned humans crowd around an injured capybara, he says, not knowing it’s better to leave them alone and go for help.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

In the distant future, who won’t still want a screen big enough for friends or family to crowd around for a funny video?

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The skaters crowd around, stretching their necks to see what’s in the wrapped box Marker is tearing open.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Jamie was working a wedge of coconut cream, and he didn’t take his eyes off the pie but jerked his chin in the general direction of the dwindling crowd around the dwindling fellowship fire.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth