- present participle of crowd.
crowding
Example Sentences
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Data-center spending is greater than that for canals, railroads, and grid combined—creating jobs and stock-market wealth, while boosting inflation and crowding out housing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Actor D’Arcy Carden stopped by early, beating the cadre of guests crowding the main plaza beneath the now-famous oculus of the 300,000-square-foot Ma Yansong-designed building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
But for the country’s counterparts—Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain—tourism is the focus of protests by locals because overtourism is driving up the cost of living and crowding them out of their homes.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We don’t want to say it’s crowding out investment in Treasurys, but it’s raising the cost of capital across the board,” he told MarketWatch via phone on Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
They all knew this, but it didn’t stop them from good-naturedly crowding the front door every time it opened, every single time, despite the fact that they were never—ever—let into the house.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
