throng
/θɹɔŋ/ verb C2- To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.
- To congregate.
- To crowd or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.
He/she/it throngs · Past thronged · Past participle thronged · -ing form thronging
Verb forms
- Base form
- throng
- He/she/it
- throngs
- Past
- thronged
- Past participle
- thronged
- -ing form
- thronging
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The gate of the hotel had been closed to screen them from sight, but they were forced, when the door was open, to pass through a throng of curious glances and whispering voices.
The news spread quickly through Avonlea, and all day friends and neighbors thronged Green Gables and came and went on errands of kindness for the dead and living.
With a snarl of contempt he turned upon his heel, and I saw his curved back and white side-whiskers disappear among the throng.
Men began to throng into the office and call at him over the railing, jovially, sharply, viciously, excitedly.
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