Throng can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
| # | Sentence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | noun | The throng protested against abortion. | |
| 2. | noun | He was surrounded by a throng of reporters. | |
| 3. | noun | When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village. | |
| 4. | noun | None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensations which rush into an American's bosom, when he first comes in sight of Europe. | |
| 5. | noun | Thus while AEneas, with set gaze and long, / hangs, mute with wonder, on the wildering scene, / lo! to the temple, with a numerous throng / of youthful followers, moves the beauteous Queen. | |
| 6. | noun | "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| 7. | noun | "As, scared the Phrygian ranks to see, / confused, unarmed, amid the gazing throng, / he stood, 'Alas! what spot on earth or sea / is left,' he cried, 'to shield a wretch like me, / whom Dardans seek in punishment to kill, / and Greeks disown?'" | |
| 8. | verb | Even the popular senator was surprised that thousands of people would throng to his political rallies. | |
| 9. | verb | "High in the citadel the monstrous frame / pours forth an armed deluge to the day, / and Sinon, puffed with triumph, spreads the flame. / Part throng the gates, part block each narrow way; / such hosts Mycenae sends, such thousands to the fray." | |
| 10. | verb | Most customers who throng to Jaipur’s iconic markets are unaware that many of these attractively priced, glittering bangles are the product of child labor. |
| Sentence | |
|---|---|
| noun | |
| The throng protested against abortion. | |
| He was surrounded by a throng of reporters. | |
| When we stepped off the bus we were immediately surrounded by a throng of children from the village. | |
| None but those who have experienced it can form an idea of the delicious throng of sensations which rush into an American's bosom, when he first comes in sight of Europe. | |
| Thus while AEneas, with set gaze and long, / hangs, mute with wonder, on the wildering scene, / lo! to the temple, with a numerous throng / of youthful followers, moves the beauteous Queen. | |
| "Around, from far and near, / the Trojans throng, and vie the captive youth to jeer." | |
| "As, scared the Phrygian ranks to see, / confused, unarmed, amid the gazing throng, / he stood, 'Alas! what spot on earth or sea / is left,' he cried, 'to shield a wretch like me, / whom Dardans seek in punishment to kill, / and Greeks disown?'" | |
| verb | |
| Even the popular senator was surprised that thousands of people would throng to his political rallies. | |
| "High in the citadel the monstrous frame / pours forth an armed deluge to the day, / and Sinon, puffed with triumph, spreads the flame. / Part throng the gates, part block each narrow way; / such hosts Mycenae sends, such thousands to the fray." | |
| Most customers who throng to Jaipur’s iconic markets are unaware that many of these attractively priced, glittering bangles are the product of child labor. | |