thronging

• Others go to the dogs while dreaming that one day – soon – the world will come a-thronging to worship their unbeatable collection of Victorian hats, limestone baptism fonts, or bronze camels. —  process 10
• I desire to see around him thronging, nay forming the procession, every augury of hope and peace I expect to hear from his lips words of manly trust and confidence in the Union, and of concession, kindness to all its constituent parts. —  A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861
• Dolefully, drearily doomed to despair as warily wearily watching I wait Thoughts thickly thronging are thrilling and throbbing; to see is a glorious gain--but to be one! —  The Book of Humorous Verse
• “Mon Dieu, c’est un obsession!” wailed the unfortunate Frenchman; and even the imperturbable Ropes showed signs of “nerves As fast as the thronging goblins were beaten off, they were up again in redoubled force; but so merry they were, and so handsome was each bold brown face, with its dazzling eyes, that it was impossible to be angry. —  The Car of Destiny
• It was doubtful whether the bold lad considered this age of progress as honored by his playing his part in its drama, or whether he claimed a reflected glory, as having been born at the very dawn of that century which promised so much for the thronging millions of our world Be that as it may, Joe Robertson the pilot and Margaret his wife rejoiced, in the year 1800, over their first and only child. —  The Boy Patriot

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