Thronged
[θrɔŋd]
Definition
(adj.) filled with great numbers crowded together; 'I try to avoid the thronged streets and stores just before Christmas' .
Typist: Rudy--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Throng
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- The streets were thronged with working people. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Here, under the quiet stars, these old streets seem thronged with the phantoms of forgotten ages. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Fifty would-be partners thronged round her at once, and pressed to have the honour to dance with her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This cabinet dazzled me, it was so full of light: it deafened me, it was clamorous with voices: it stifled me, it was so hot, choking, thronged. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- His eyes remained unseeingly fixed on the thronged sunlit square below the window. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- No youthful congregation of gallant-hearted boys thronged the portal of the college; sad silence pervaded the busy school-room and noisy playground. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Numbers of the men she knew already, and the dandies thronged round her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Not only is the churchyard full, but the rectory garden is also thronged. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Maynard