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• A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.From the entry angler
• The protesters thronged Trafalgar Square and sang anti-war songs.From the entry protester
• Jake had gone from the center of a teeming throng of people to the solitudinous emptiness of his lonely house.From the entry solitudinous
• The manager hesitated to open the doors to the thronging holiday crowds, knowing that a feeding frenzy would soon ensue near the display of coveted toys.From the entry feeding frenzy
• The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects.2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 354. From the entry apterous
• Pilgrims of all sects throng this temple on auspicious occasion of every fullmoon.2002, Ram Dayal Rakesh, Pilgrimage Tourism in Nepal, page 35. From the entry fullmoon
• That touched all, in a slow, laborious search of the throng.1997 [1929], Cherry Wilson, “The Wallflower” (chapter XV), in Thunder Brakes, Firecrest Publishing Limited, page 164. From the entry fireful
• Instead, the glittering aisles are thronged with working girls buying sportswear and datewear—leisure’s costumes.1968, Max Gunther, “The Weekend World”, in Norman F. Cantor, Michael S. Werthman, editors, The History of Popular Culture, The Macmillan…. From the entry datewear
• He just wanted to rub elbows with this throng of young people.1922, Zane Grey, chapter VIII, in The Day of the Beast, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, page 152. From the entry rub elbows
• Despite throngs of fans flying in on Friday and Saturday, ticket prices continued to decline leading up to the game.2026 February 8, Derek Harper, “Super Bowl LX ticket prices plunge hours before game”, in Reuters, retrieved 08 Feb 2026. From the entry get-in price
• Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail.2024 November 22, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb, “Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What…. From the entry tubing
• Enela cleared their way through the throng, speaking in Tonga, a heavy language that freighted the air with ceremony.2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth. From the entry tonga
• One highly imaginative account claims the throng told stories through the night in drunken outbursts of wild revelry.2014, John J. Duffy; H. Nicholas Muller, III, “Confused Accounts of Ethan Allen’s Death: Later Accounts Compound the Story”, in Inventing…. From the entry stonewall
• Throngs of people moved across the stone ground, though the dwarfmaid could still see the paving stones in many places.2002, Douglas Niles, World Fall, page 43. From the entry dwarfmaid
• Beyond lay the stately drab edifices of East Germany’s showpiece, now thronged with würste and sauerkraut sellers catering to the crowds.1995, Robert Harvey, “The Thaw and the Flood”, in The Return of the Strong: The Drift to Global Disorder, London: Macmillan London, →ISBN…. From the entry wurst
• Spring flowers everywhere—freesias in throng, and startling growths of kangaroo paw with its dark red, vividly red stalks.1984, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries 1978-1987, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 118. From the entry kangaroo paw
• There was every reason why they should throng the portals of the author of Pickwick and Oliver Twist.1922, G. K. Chesterton, What I saw in America. From the entry aleatory
• There was a tense silence over the throng as the old man stood and looked at the figure at his feet.1903, Warwick Deeping, “Book I. The Way to Winchester”, in Uther and Igraine, New York, N.Y.: The Outlook Company, published 1904, →OCLC…. From the entry smitten
• There was still a buzz of chatter, but people quietened down to watch the episode, and the throngs crushing in around us got less throngy.2023, Jodi McAlister, Can I Steal You for a Second?. From the entry throngy
• An emergence is when a throng of periodical cicadas rises from the ground as soon as the soil reaches about 64 degrees Fahrenheit.2013 May 3, Megan Buerger, “Bugged by Cicada Swarm? Don't Be”, in Wall Street Journal. From the entry periodical cicada
• Her performances on this tour have been affirming but unpredictable, and the Lovatics — the name for her throngs of fans — totally relate.2011 November 23, Kent Szlauderbach, “Teenage Dream”, in The Pitch, volume 31, number 20, page 17. From the entry Lovatic
• One group that stood out from the throng were those women who hailed from Guangdong’s Samsui county (in Mandarin Sanshui, literally ‘three rivers’).2009, Mark R. Frost, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, “A Woman's World”, in Ibrahim Tahir, editor, Singapore: A Biography, Singapore: Editions…. From the entry Samsui woman
• Adopting such titles as “Wild Bill” and “Pecos Pete,” Canadian dominants began practicing their craft and soon attracted throngs of adoring submissives.2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “The murky world from whence it all came” (chapter 2), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave…. From the entry such
• At the height of the technology bubble, Wave Systems attracted a devoted throng of investors from across the country who called themselves Wavoids.2004 August 14, Danny Hakim, “For a Reformed Wavoid, The Play's the Thing”, in The New York Times. From the entry Wavoid
• The fans thronging the theatres got the full value for the pains taken to reach there as the films were full of authentic dishoom-dishoom shots.1995, K. Naresh Kumar, Indian Cinema: Ebbs and Tides. From the entry dishoom
• There is no particular reason why even the gregarious Americans should so throng the portals of a perfectly obscure steerage passenger like young Chuzzlewit.1922, G. K. Chesterton, What I saw in America. From the entry aleatory
• The recollection loosened a throng of benumbed sensations—longings, regrets, imaginings, the throbbing brood of the only spring her heart had ever known.1905, Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth, Book 2, Chapter 11. From the entry loosen
• The low, unsavoury arcades that line it are damp with melted snow, and thronged with hulking Oberländers and their black-bodiced, white-chemisetted womankind.1903, Horace Rumbold, “Berne, 1864–1866”, in Recollections of a Diplomatist, volume II, London: Edward Arnold, pages 161–162. From the entry chemisetted
• I emerged from the Underground station at London King's Cross the other day to find a dense throng of people filling the main line station's concourse.2024 August 21, Philip Haigh, “Stranded trains: problems for passengers and operators”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 52. From the entry uh-oh
• Limbaugh, the New York Times and social justice warriors throughout the fruited plain were revulsed by James’ lack of empathy for the persecuted Hong Kong throng.2019 October 24, Fraser P. Seitel, “LeBron and the limits of social responsibility”, in O’Dwyer’s, volume 33, number 7, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry Greta Thunbergian
• The use of the word 'outsiders' has radically changed the delicate equation between the 'real' Marathi manoos and those who throng to Mumbai in search of jobs.2015, Shobhaa De, Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable, →ISBN. From the entry manoos
• In time our way merged into a throng of cars flowing here and there on the highways and sideways of the north side of Los Angeles.2006, David Haskell, Roundabout the USA, page 103. From the entry sideways
• I'd weave through the throng — scanning for empties to return while flirting, sniffing out kids smoking grass and sharing smokes with Ivor and Carl on the door.2004, David W. Scott, The Disillusioned: A Story of Our Times, Fraser Books, →ISBN, page 204. From the entry carl
• By and large these numbers throng not tower blocks but alleyfuls of low-rise tenements that differ little from the housing stock of, say, a thousand years ago.1998, Max Rodenbeck, “Beginnings”, in Cairo: The City Victorious, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 16. From the entry alleyful
• As the gladiatresses slipped back through the whistling and jeering throng, this reporter followed, eager to learn something about how a lady rassler decides to become a lady rassler.1949 August 28, Roy Thompson, “Rassler Says ‘a Woman Should Know How to Protect Herself’”, in Winston-Salem Journal, 46th year, number 35…. From the entry gladiatress
• They were not motionless, but swayed to and fro above her head, thronging out of one sky-light into another, as if the universe and not the air-ship was careening.1909, E. M. Forster, “Chapter I”, in The Machine Stops. From the entry careen

Meaning of throng

1. noun A group of people crowded or gathered closely together.
2. noun A group of things; a host or swarm.
3. verb To crowd into a place, especially to fill it.

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Questions about throng in a sentence

How do you use throng in a sentence?

Throng is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “A throng of anglers lined the trout stream on opening day of trout season.”

What is a short sentence with throng?

“The protesters thronged Trafalgar Square and sang anti-war songs.”

What does throng mean?

Throng means a group of people crowded or gathered closely together.