mobs
/ (mɒbz) informal /
(usually foll by of) great numbers or quantities; lots: mobs of people
Australian and NZ a great deal: mobs better
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How to use mobs in a sentence
Italian authorities say they have proof they are fighting the mobs.
Days of Mafia Mayhem Are Wracking Italy Once Again | Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne of the mobs caught Dr. Saptal Singh, beat him unconscious—and presuming him dead—threw his body off a train.
As 30-Year Anniversary of Mass Killings in India Arrives, Sikhs Find Safety in USA | Simran Jeet Singh | October 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn response, mobs of Hindus enacted widespread revenge throughout Delhi.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital | William O’Connor | May 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOutside parliament, anyone who challenged the clamour for partition was devoured by the mobs.
Of course, what you have to realize is that until really the postwar era, many New York mobs were multicultural.
Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Live In: Kevin Baker’s New York | Allen Barra | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
mobs of people filled the streets, wildly denouncing the incapability of a Government which could lead them to such disaster.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanNeither did they stop here: their valour and zeal, as is the case with all mobs, became more impetuous as they were not resisted.
Fox's Book of Martyrs | John FoxeBy the recent political changes, Tories and suspected persons became exposed to dangers from the law as well as from mobs.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton Ryersonmobs collected; soldiers filled the streets and were pelted.
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenAnd such, despite the sympathies and assistance of brutal mobs of the populace, was sometimes the end of the American “strike.”
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce | Ambrose Bierce
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