Example Sentences

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A week on, the noise and energy have ebbed, giving way to a rare, disquieting calm in a capital usually thronging with 10 million people.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The outcry has compounded a fight over an official poster unveiled this month: a pastel rendering of the city’s landmarks thronging with people in a busy style reminiscent of the “Where’s Waldo?” children’s books.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Footage from outside the Hala offices shows crowds thronging the street.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2024

The tourists thronging to the French capital this week took extra precautions, but seem largely unfazed.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2023

He thought of the thousands and thousands of tree-souls thronging the darkness: waiting for him, and him alone, to deliver them from the bear.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver