throng
noun
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
are thronging
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present progressiveof throng.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The streets are thronging with a snaking parade of mums, dads and children from the local school, clad in Norwegian national dress.
From BBC ● May 23, 2025
The sun’s been shining, the stands are thronging with orange-clad aficionados, and the big race is perfectly poised.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2021
By the end of the film, it’s the other way around: Crowds of Americans are thronging the border, clamoring to get into Mexico.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 30, 2021
Most people in rural areas have stopped wearing masks and are thronging shopping centers ahead of the Islamic festival Eid al-Adha later this month.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 2020
Alas! what means it, that the long-hair'd Greeks, Chas'd from the plain, are thronging round the ships?
From The Iliad by Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby
