throng

Example Sentences

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Now it is thronged with tourists, lured by the transformation of El Salvador from one of the region's deadliest countries to one of its safest.

From Barron's

The throng of reporters camped out around Tucson is beginning to thin.

From Los Angeles Times

As midnight nears with the party in full swing, the waitress joins the throng on the dancefloor, swept up by the tunes -- until a power cut brings the music to a halt.

From Barron's

Family patriarch Joseph Guinnip joined the throngs of people who headed west to take hold of America’s Manifest Destiny, leaving Steuben County, N.Y., in the 1830s.

From The Wall Street Journal

A throng of women assembled outside to show their support, and she acknowledged them with a slight nod and a hand on her heart.

From BBC