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- noun Plural form of
throng . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
throng .
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Examples
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The scenery itself should be enough to bring in throngs of shoppers and restaurant goers.
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The scenery itself should be enough to bring in throngs of shoppers and restaurant goers.
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The scenery itself should be enough to bring in throngs of shoppers and restaurant goers.
Revitalization of the Galt Downtown Core « Round About Cambridge 2010
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Poor planning resulted in throngs of fans lining up for more than two hours in the blazing afternoon sun (by 1: 45 p.m. the temperature was already 109 degrees), waiting to pick up will-call tickets at the evidently understaffed box office.
Coachella: 55,000 Fans and Painfully Long Lines - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Poor planning resulted in throngs of fans lining up for more than two hours in the blazing afternoon sun (by 1: 45 p.m. the temperature was already 109 degrees), waiting to pick up will-call tickets at the evidently understaffed box office.
Coachella: 55,000 Fans and Painfully Long Lines - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Will the new addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which features a giant kinetic sunshade resembling a flapping pair of pterodactyl wings, bring in throngs?
The Bilbao Effect 2002
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In the midst an elm, shadowy and vast, spreads her boughs and aged arms, the home which, men say, false Dreams hold in throngs, clinging under every leaf.
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Will the new addition to the Milwaukee Art Museum, by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, which features a giant kinetic sunshade resembling a flapping pair of pterodactyl wings, bring in throngs?
The Bilbao Effect 2002
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Even there the people were coming up to the city in throngs, and the ferry-man, seeing these numberless people, was filled with his own importance, and grew proud.
Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan b. 974? Murasaki Shikibu Izumi Shikibu 1920
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AP reported that yesterday [April 19] 'throngs' -- estimated at between two and five thousand people -- [does that vast differentiation constitute a 'throng' or just a lot of people?] gathered in Hollywood to protest comments made by Jack Cafferty on CNN Sit Room on April 9, about the Chinese government and our relationship with it.
Where's the Lie in What Jack Cafferty Said About the Chinese Government? 2008
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