throng
noun
a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
were 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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American tourists were thronging Paris's Avenue Montaigne this week, browsing in the luxury boutiques, which include designer names such as Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gucci.
From Reuters ● Jul. 15, 2022
When Peter dropped me off, gentoos were thronging the beach.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 1, 2016
By the time the trial started Monday morning, crowds were thronging around the courthouse.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2016
But last week crowds were thronging to the Stuttgart Opera House for a solid week of Composer Orff's works, including his latest: Oedipus der Tyrann, a highly individual dissertation on the Sophocles tragedy.
From Time Magazine Archive
She turned back to the ghosts, who were thronging closer and closer.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
