Example Sentences

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Hagrid added sharply, heading now toward the foot of the Astronomy Tower, where a small crowd was congregating.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

News was soon brought that the mob was congregating in Dale End and that neighbourhood.

From Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Edwards, Eliezer

The taxi was coming to a stop across the street from the Aquitaine, and in front of the theater where already a crowd was congregating.

From White Ashes by Kennedy, Sidney R. (Sidney Robinson)

They rushed toward one of the sleeping barracks, and saw that a large crowd was congregating around it.

From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence