crowd
noun
a large number of persons gathered closely together; throng.
were crowding
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Also this week, a Shasta County elections official told the news website CalMatters that he had quit his job because election observers were crowding into the office in an intimidating manner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2024
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
Along some parts of the southern border, migrants were crowding in makeshift camps looking for ways to cross onto U.S. soil.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2023
Yet inside many Wuhan hospitals, fever wards were crowding.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 30, 2020
All the others were crowding in, now, to the brazen house—Poseidon who embraces earth, and Hermes the runner, and Apollo, lord of Distance.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
