throng
Example Sentences
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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.
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
The other recreated a storefront thronged by smiling people moving to Bad Bunny’s beats.
From Salon
But there were also throngs of Lai's supporters, some of them having camped out for days hoping to get inside for his sentencing.
From BBC
The throng included San Francisco native Gennaro Covelli, 28, who took the day off from work to figure out whether the march was satire.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.