mob
noun
a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
have mobbed
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present perfectof mob.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Photographers have mobbed the charred capsule, their cameras pressed up against the portholes, the flashes blinding the captive cosmonauts.
From National Geographic ● Mar. 4, 2016
From Quartz: 35,000 walruses have mobbed the Alaskan coast — because there’s no sea ice left to rest on.
From Time ● Oct. 1, 2014
One Tory MP told me afterwards: "If DC had come to the tearoom after PMQs we'd have mobbed him with support."
From The Guardian ● May 26, 2012
“Oh, boy, if they knew he was the person singing it, they would have mobbed him,” Emily Hong said in retrospect.
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2010
They would have mobbed anybody for the mere suggestion that their favorites could lose.
From Bert Wilson's Fadeaway Ball by J. W. Duffield
