throng
noun
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
was thronging
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past progressiveof throng.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was just writing about the language that was thronging in my brain.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2010
The National agent, Payan, seized it from him, and for bravado read it with a loud voice before the crowd that was thronging in the hall of the Hôtel de Ville.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
I let myself go with a crowd that was thronging out—possibly the beaten speculators—and was borne by the current into the street.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór
They followed the crowd, which was thronging about the airship that Andy Foger had made, Tom had a glimpse of the machine.
From Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice, or, the Wreck of the Airship by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
A hurrying crowd of people was thronging out of the "Columbia," but Jack's German friend did not join them.
From Crowded Out o' Crofield or, The Boy who made his Way by Stoddard, William Osborn
