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

By midweek, most of the artists who had joined in the student protest quietly uncovered their works again, and crowds were thronging to the fairgrounds as in other years.

From Time Magazine Archive

She turned back to the ghosts, who were thronging closer and closer.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman