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Meanings of thronged in English

Thronged.

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Usage of thronged in English
1
The young men thronged the drawing-rooms in search of women with money.
Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda)
2
Weekends find the area thronged, but that said, Sundays can be super-colourful.
Independent.ie
3
All thronged on her heart at once; and it was too much.
The Wide, Wide World
4
They filled the shops and thronged the, sidewalks and lined the curb.
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
5
The great opera houses in all our cities and towns were thronged.
Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
6
But in six months time these polished concrete floors will be thronged.
The Irish Times
7
Temple Bar tends to be particularly thronged with visitors at the weekend.
The Irish Times
8
The following day the gallery was reported to be thronged with people.
The Irish Times
9
Families thronged the sidewalks, all taking advantage of the warm weekend afternoon.
The Golem and the Jinni
10
In the palace, courtyard and vestibule were thronged with courtiers and lacqueys.
The Valley of Decision
11
The street was thronged with equipages-thedoors were stormed by the mob.
Oliver Goldsmith: A Biography
12
I find your house as thronged as ever, in the old way.
Lady Rose's Daughter
13
Suspicious characters in various costumes thronged his door and dogged his footsteps.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 12: 1567, part I
14
Workhouses and lunatic asylums are thronged with men who believe in themselves.
Twelve Types
15
It was at a concert, richly thronged; ostentatiously thronged with Austrian uniforms.
Vittoria — Volume 8
16
There were more of the latter, and the passageway was still thronged.
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Frequent collocations
Thronged through the time
Thronged across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common