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How to pronounce throng in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms concourse, multitude
Type of assemblage, gathering
Has types herd, hive, horde, host, legion, ruck
Type Words
Synonyms jam, mob, pack, pile
Type of crowd, crowd together

Examples of throng

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Imagine the throng of fans who are clamoring for a stuffed Boomer for Christmas.
From the dispatch.com
We joined the throng, dancing past brightly colored facades and crumbling walls.
From the sfgate.com
She expects a throng of media at the airport tomorrow when he lands in Scotland.
From the toledoblade.com
In the cities, the streets throng with smart suited salarymen and office ladies.
From the guardian.co.uk
A throng of reporters and cameramen greeted him when he walked into the chamber.
From the washingtonpost.com
The cameras cross to the now silenced nail-biting and ashen-faced Hawera throng.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In the throng of male doctors, she spots a young woman in a yellow string bikini.
From the bloomberg.com
Escape the throng with a swim at the Bondi Icebergs Club's 50 metre outdoor pool.
From the telegraph.co.uk
She sobbed as a handful of supporters, sprinkled among a media throng, cheered.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Multitude: a large gathering of people
  • Press tightly together or cram; "The crowd packed the auditorium"
  • (thronged) filled with great numbers crowded together; "I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas"
  • A group of people crowded or gathered closely together; a multitude; A group of things; a host or swarm; To crowd into a place, especially to fill it; To congregate
  • Hard-pressed, harassed, tied up (busy), busy
  • A group of angry people