throng
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
a great number of things crowded or considered together: a throng of memories.
Chiefly Scot. pressure, as of work.
to assemble, collect, or go in large numbers; crowd.
to crowd or press upon; jostle.
to fill or occupy with or as with a crowd: He thronged the picture with stars.
to bring or drive together into or as into a crowd, heap, or collection.
to fill by crowding or pressing into: They thronged the small room.
filled with people or objects; crowded.
(of time) filled with things to do; busy.
Origin of throng
1synonym study For throng
Other words for throng
Other words from throng
- in·ter·throng·ing, adjective
- o·ver·throng, verb
- un·thronged, adjective
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How to use throng in a sentence
King’s legacy in the parks system was cemented when he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech atop the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, flanked by rangers and throngs of supporters.
Every Day that the National Parks Are Free in 2021 | Emily Pennington | December 30, 2020 | Outside OnlineIn late October, thousands of people thronged the streets of Taipei, hugging, cheering, and waving rainbow flags to celebrate Taiwan’s annual LGBTQ pride parade.
These Asian countries have masterfully limited COVID outbreaks. Here’s how they did it | Naomi Xu Elegant | December 28, 2020 | FortuneAs schools reopened, however, throngs of children, parents and grandparents began pouring into Porter’s office, a one-story brick clinic in central Swainsboro, a block away from the county’s only hospital.
Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator. | by Annie Waldman and Heather Vogell | November 23, 2020 | ProPublicaIn a regular Masters week, the view from the first tee — the highest point on the course — is characterized not by the holes in view but by throngs of people blocking them.
Masters golfers won’t see the blooms, but they will really miss hearing the roars | Barry Svrluga | November 12, 2020 | Washington PostAs usual, when shares opened for trading on the Seoul stock exchange, the throngs who wanted shares and couldn’t get them jumped in en masse, doubling the price to $236 at the opening.
By this measure, K-pop mega-stars BTS struck the wrong note with their IPO | Shawn Tully | October 16, 2020 | Fortune
At the sight of it, innumerable delightful scenes come thronging into my memory.
Marguerite | Anatole FranceThe retrospect will reveal to them a busy, thronging life underlying the serenity of history.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanStores and sidewalks were a mass of surging, thronging humanity now, and progress was slow and uncertain.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterThe disposition of the State levies that came thronging in was left to me as fast as they were armed.
How rapidly past times came thronging over my memory, fraught with joy and grief!
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
British Dictionary definitions for throng
/ (θrɒŋ) /
a great number of people or things crowded together
to gather in or fill (a place) in large numbers; crowd
(tr) to hem in (a person); jostle
Yorkshire dialect (postpositive) busy
Origin of throng
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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