thronged
past simple and past participle ofthrong
单词 | thronged |
释义 | thronged past simple and past participle ofthrong throng verb[I+ adv/prep,T] uk/θrɒŋ/us/θrɑːŋ/to be or gosomewherein verylargenumbers: Crowds thronged themarketplace. Thenarrowstreetswere throngedwithsummervisitors. [+ to infinitive]Thousands ofpeoplethrongedtoseetheexhibitionwhile it was in thecapital. Synonym pack Compare crowdverbinformal Forming groups (of people)
Examplesofthrongedthronged In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The street isthrongedwith people. From theCambridge English Corpus Kings and archbishops are not automatically given starring roles, and his stage instead is thicklythrongedwith a rich diversity of beings, alive, dead, and even the undead. From theCambridge English Corpus The streets werethronged, as is usual at that time of evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is more, by definition, party conferences arethrongedwith people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not surprising that the auction room on that occasion was not exactlythrongedwith a jostling crowd of eager bidders for this estate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All the streets in the vicinity arethrongedwith motorcars and other kinds of vehicles before, during and after the match. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Vast audiencesthrongedenormous halls and listened to interminable speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The corridors and hallways arethrongedwith people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Buildings are being renovated; roads are being repaired; cafes arethronged; shops are open and busy and selling everything that one might require. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That market in its first few months had a turnover of £1 million, and the village is nowthrongedwith buyers on one and two days a week. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Wherever assizes are held one finds the courtsthrongedwith people who are waiting, waiting, waiting, never knowing when their case will be heard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Every chalet wasthrongedwith visitors from all over the world except for one chalet which dominated the show, perched high in the most conspicuous position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The streets, sidewalks, balconies and windows werethrongedwith mourners. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. We caught a glimpse of flashing eyes as the inmatesthrongedto the door to have a good look at us and watch the performance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The street wasthrongedwith thousands of people watching the fire. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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