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
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 Mór Jókai
And many asked, "Who is that child?" for it was clearly seen that she wasn't of the set that was thronging the grounds.
From Five Little Peppers and their Friends by Margaret Sidney
Early on that morning, long before the court was opened, a stream of people was thronging toward the City Hall by twenties and thirties and hundreds.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
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 Victor [pseud.] Appleton
