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  • verb Present participle of throng.

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Examples

  • In any event, the evidence is not consistent with the view that it is only male chauvinists who are thronging to church over the objections of their more liberated spouses.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • From our personal observation, more than half of the thousands thronging Lakewood are people of color.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives were equally represented among those thronging the pews.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • The “detestable coincidence” of “his accent, his air, and general appearance” recalls something of his earliest infancy, “wild, confused and thronging memories.”

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • My people, so lately thronging the streets to celebrate my coronation, will reel in terror.

    Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

  • Part of the problem is that Bangladesh is the afterthought of the international cricket calendar: It's not glamorous, it's not likely to get punters thronging the turnstiles, and it plays its home games in a place many teams aren't particularly enthusiastic to tour.

    Rivals at Critical Junctures Richard Lord 2011

  • With huge 200,000-strong colonies of little auk thronging the cliffs and shores, kittiwakes next to the cobalt blue glaciers, walrus wallowing in the shallows, Arctic foxes, whales and, of course, one of the ultimate wildlife sightings, the mighty polar bear, frequently seen hunting in its frosty backyard on ice floes.

    Paul Steele: Photographic Dreams Of The Wild Do Come True Paul Steele 2011

  • More photos and interactive graphics An eyewitness said a number of buildings in central Van collapsed, leaving people panicked in the streets, while as many as 1,000 people were thronging outside the local hospital.

    Powerful Earthquake Strikes Eastern Turkey Marc Champion 2011

  • With huge 200,000-strong colonies of little auk thronging the cliffs and shores, kittiwakes next to the cobalt blue glaciers, walrus wallowing in the shallows, Arctic foxes, whales and, of course, one of the ultimate wildlife sightings, the mighty polar bear, frequently seen hunting in its frosty backyard on ice floes.

    Paul Steele: Photographic Dreams Of The Wild Do Come True Paul Steele 2011

  • The toys are on the correct scale for the children thronging the beach and braving the sea: plastic baubles and windmills on sticks.

    April « 2009 « Squares of Wheat 2009

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  • "As the master of this mansion, Russell's return was a big event, and when the inhabitants smelled fresh blood, they were doubly quick to come thronging." -Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris

    February 5, 2011