Throng
noun
A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together.
A throng of tourists crowded the beach.
Often appears as...
- throng of people
- throng of tourists
verb
To fill a place with many people.
Shoppers were thronging the streets.
Often appears as...
- throng the streets
- throng the stores
noun
A large group of people gathered or crowded closely together.
A throng of tourists crowded the beach.
Often appears as...
- throng of people
- throng of tourists
verb
To fill a place with many people.
Shoppers were thronging the streets.
Often appears as...
- throng the streets
- throng the stores
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Large Gatherings
Use 'throng' to describe big crowds, emphasizing their density and number.
A throng of fans waited for hours to see the movie premiere.
Pro Tip 2/3Impersonal Feel
'Throng' doesn't indicate familiarity among the people, just their presence together.
A silent throng of passersby filled the city square during the event.
Pro Tip 3/3Slight Chaotic Sense
'Throng' often suggests a slightly chaotic or disorganized group.
The festival was so popular that a throng of visitors spilled into the streets.
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A day in the life of a...
The whole operation requires weeks of strict planning, liaising with the other camps in her domain, strategic delegation – and the patience to move at the speed of dawdling animals. Today is moving day, and she’ll have to direct throngs of her ladies, commanders, slaves and animals
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Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
swarm of your favorite food just opening your mouth and letting it leap in that's life from these playful Galapagos penguins in the waters off the Galapagos Islands the penguins drive the anchovy swarm into a shoal of shallow water bunching the throng even tighter making
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The real story behind...
we can only imagine how residents of Alexandria thronged the harbor to marvel at the arrival of this majestic, floating castle. This extraordinary vessel was the Titanic of the ancient world, except without the sinking, thanks to our pal, Archimedes.
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A day in the life of an...
When the temple is complete, throngs will gather on its perimeter— offering prayers, performing sacrifices, and pouring libations for the goddess of wisdom. Pheidias spends the rest of the day designing finishing touches for the statue,
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Fighting with...
And Chris Hughes strode into the middle of the throng with his weapon above his head, pointing at the ground, and he said, "Kneel." And these huge soldiers with their backpacks and their body armor,
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Male Circumcision PIPE...
from the supermarket the entire community gathers to celebrate in return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is there by respecting tradition and prevailing over
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Circumcision PIPE National...
the entire community gathers to celebrate his return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is their achievement by respecting tradition and prevailing
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What causes body odor? -...
one of the highest concentrations anywhere on the skin. Lurking in this throng of microorganisms are species of Corynebacteria, Staphylococci, Micrococci, and others.
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Flying With a Dinosaur!...
as the old male approaches he knows from experience that the nearer the center of this intimidating throng the more
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throng
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A day in the life of a...
The whole operation requires weeks of strict planning, liaising with the other camps in her domain, strategic delegation – and the patience to move at the speed of dawdling animals. Today is moving day, and she’ll have to direct throngs of her ladies, commanders, slaves and animals
Video examples
Penguins vs. Pelicans PIPE...
swarm of your favorite food just opening your mouth and letting it leap in that's life from these playful Galapagos penguins in the waters off the Galapagos Islands the penguins drive the anchovy swarm into a shoal of shallow water bunching the throng even tighter making
Video examples
The real story behind...
we can only imagine how residents of Alexandria thronged the harbor to marvel at the arrival of this majestic, floating castle. This extraordinary vessel was the Titanic of the ancient world, except without the sinking, thanks to our pal, Archimedes.
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
When the temple is complete, throngs will gather on its perimeter— offering prayers, performing sacrifices, and pouring libations for the goddess of wisdom. Pheidias spends the rest of the day designing finishing touches for the statue,
Video examples
Fighting with...
And Chris Hughes strode into the middle of the throng with his weapon above his head, pointing at the ground, and he said, "Kneel." And these huge soldiers with their backpacks and their body armor,
Video examples
Male Circumcision PIPE...
from the supermarket the entire community gathers to celebrate in return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is there by respecting tradition and prevailing over
Video examples
Circumcision PIPE National...
the entire community gathers to celebrate his return everyone escorts him home neighbors join the throng his achievement is their achievement by respecting tradition and prevailing
Video examples
What causes body odor? -...
one of the highest concentrations anywhere on the skin. Lurking in this throng of microorganisms are species of Corynebacteria, Staphylococci, Micrococci, and others.
Video examples
Flying With a Dinosaur!...
as the old male approaches he knows from experience that the nearer the center of this intimidating throng the more
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Eagle vs. Sea Snake PIPE...
well deserved victory lap to the cheers of the throng
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
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Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I regretted the solitary nature of the writer's life - other people, normal working people, spent their days with co-workers, rode the subway home with a crowd, walked through thronged streets. I worked at home, all by myself.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
American Judge
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
Unless one is planning to go shopping - basically begging to be smothered by the ravening throngs of returners and bargain hunters; an embrace as constricting as that hugging machine designed by autistic author Temple Grandin - then Boxing Day feels like a bar after last call when the lights have been turned up.
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Saint Augustine
Saint
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
Quote examples
Kate Christensen
American Novelist
I regretted the solitary nature of the writer's life - other people, normal working people, spent their days with co-workers, rode the subway home with a crowd, walked through thronged streets. I worked at home, all by myself.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
The half hour between waking and rising has all my life proved propitious to any task which was exercising my invention... It was always when I first opened my eyes that the desired ideas thronged upon me.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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Benjamin N. Cardozo
American Judge
The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.
Quote examples
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.
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