crowd
noun
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng.
were crowding
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past progressiveof crowd.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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Its mother gave birth "a couple-hundred yards" from the cliff edge, and Mr Beynon said people were crowding them "trying to take photographs and forced her closer and closer to the edge".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2023
On a recent day, weeds were crowding out the neat rows of tomatoes and pineapples.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
By the time John Myint noticed the smoke and heat, firetrucks were crowding the roadway, making it hard to evacuate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2019
By the end of that day, reporters were crowding Vasco on the floor of the assembly chamber.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 3, 2017
Her feet were as big as mine, and I knew her shoes were crowding them painfully.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
