Become or cause to become obstructed.
1 All the blood in her body seemed to congest in her throat.
2 The effect of alcohol on the brain of an adult is to congest it finally.
3 In the coming weeks we'll have Champions League group stages to further congest the schedule.
4 They in turn activate the ovarian cells, which congest the uterine glands and lining membrane.
5 Alcohol will sometimes congest the brain of an adult under the most trying and discouraging circumstances.
6 It's like being able to add another lane to a motorway before it starts to congest .
7 If they switch operators that's not so bad, they'll go and congest someone else's network, he said.
8 The keen night air had seemed for the moment fairly to congest her lungs and render her speechless and breathless.
9 From time to time long rows of cones sprang up with apparently no other function than to congest the traffic flow.
10 As the golf cart neared the central structure, the road started to congest with a stream of jitneys, cars and cruise ship shuttles.
11 But speed was not identified as a key factor in recent crashes, and slowing trains further may congest an already beleaguered rail system, some say.
12 We want to see you wherever criminals come together and congest . " "Even if you do not have a warrant of arrest' slap them.
13 The people gathered and ate in the congested spaces about the dwelling.
14 Olga was in the music-room when the crowd had congested the hall.
15 All the other guests stand in a long congested line by themselves.
16 There remain the poorer congested areas, the docks, and the East End.
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