throngs
Example Sentences
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Last December, throngs of supporters and foes squared off at a raucous Metro board meeting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
The throngs of Dutch fans that flooded Kansas City and its suburbs this past week got a taste of day-to-day life in the U.S., reigniting a long-running trans-Atlantic debate: Who lives better, Americans or Europeans?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
On game nights, throngs of supporters donning Knicks gear have been spilling out of packed bars, projecting the game onto the sides of buildings, and holding impromptu watch parties.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
And there was certainly nothing abnormal about the airport being crowded with throngs of people still in their pajamas ahead of a 7 a.m. flight.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2026
The cars roar past the covered bazaar, through cheering throngs in the Turkish Quarter where every street- lamp, door, and window streams red cloth.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
