Definition of Thronging

1. Verb. (present participle of throng) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Thronging

1. throng [v] - See also: throng

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thronging

thromboxanes
thrombozyme
thrombspondin
thrombus
thronal
throne
throne-room
throne room
throne rooms
throned
throneless
thronelike
thrones
throng
thronged
thronging (current term)
throngly
throngs
throning
thropple
throppled
thropples
throstle
throstles
throstling
throtteen
throttle
throttle body
throttle valve
throttleable

Literary usage of Thronging

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"The Trojans rear'd Their spears aloft, advancing ; and their might thronging they mingled, and their cry rose loud. ..."

2. A history of the Romans under the empire by Charles Merivale (1865)
"... Rome—thronging of the streets.—Places of recreation. ... to people with human figures the expanse of brick and marble which has thronging of , . , . ..."

3. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"With weeping now And lamentations loud his comrades lay Young Pallas on his shield, and thronging close Carry him homeward with a mournful song: " Alas! the ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1841)
"No hoard of gold, nor crown of honor, nor crowd of cares, nor pressure of engagement«, nor thronging visions of coming prosperity, nor momentous crues of ..."

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