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throng

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1. throng - Noun

2. throng - Adjective

3. throng - Verb

Meaning

of Thring

A multitude of persons or of living beings pressing or pressed into a close body or assemblage; a crowd.

A great multitude; as, the heavenly throng.

To crowd together; to press together into a close body, as a multitude of persons; to gather or move in multitudes.

To crowd, or press, as persons; to oppress or annoy with a crowd of living beings.

To crowd into; to fill closely by crowding or pressing into, as a hall or a street.

Thronged; crowded; also, much occupied; busy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The crowd packed the auditorium Source: Internet

A candidate living in an alternate reality with a CGI induced throng of supporters and fiction writers to chronicle his mighty exploits in the lists of political jousting! Source: Internet

As he made his way past the waiting throng, he heard the remark, “Yes, damn it, I knew they would let the n----- through.” Source: Internet

At Leadenhall Market's race, in East London, an elderly woman was seen concentrating deeply as she flipped her pancake while surrounded by a throng of onlookers. Source: Internet

Carlotta amuses a throng of admirers with a tale of how her dramatic solo was cut from the Follies because the audience found it humorous, transforming it as she sings it into a toast to her own hard-won survival ("I'm Still Here"). Source: Internet

And so, you see, I have been swathed in weddings, basking in the festivities of first toasts and slow dances, meaningful glances between bride and groom and a joyful throng of people wanting to dance along. Source: Internet

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