Example Sentences

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A significant heat dome has been crowding weather maps over the Lower 48 states for the past week, bringing blistering temperatures that have toppled records.

From Washington Post • Jun. 16, 2022

Purple loosestrife, an attractive flowering invasive introduced in North America from Europe, has been crowding out native species for something like two centuries.

From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2015

The jingle has been crowding out the sentimental poem and the popular song.

From Time Magazine Archive

For ten years the Army has been crowding into the Japanese Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has been crowding his soul into a geometrically designed mould.

From Open Water by Stringer, Arthur