Use throng in a sentence
Sentences starting with throng
- Throng can't go. [11]
Sentences ending with throng
- What never-to-be-forgotten moments we experienced when, with reckless mirth, we mingled unrecognized among the joyous throng! [10]
- The Theresien Wiese was a city of Vanity Fair for two weeks, every day crowded with a motley throng. [4]
- They had helped the sisters to receive the first callers; but when Frau Barbara Behaim, a cousin of the late Frau Maria, had appeared, they gave up their post to her, and slipped quietly into the next room to escape the throng. [10]
- Who is he, The one ye name and tell us that ye serve, Whom ye would call me from my lonely tower To worship with the many-headed throng? [6]
- Then she permitted the messenger to speak, and when the latter again described the events which had occurred in the city of Rameses, and then announced that the fugitives from Tanis would arrive in a few hours, loud shouts of joy burst from the throng. [10]
- Tell her that the cattle 'll all be hers--an'--the house, an' I ain't got no one but--" But Pierre pushed him back and shut the door, saying: "I'll tell her what a fool you are, Jimmy Throng. [11]
- It was a strange throng. [9]
- Here and there somebody was kneeling on the pavement, unheeding the passing throng. [4]
- What he requested seemed a profanation of the sacred image, and it would not do to disturb the devout throng. [10]
- Early in the morning too the holiday will have begun, and you know what goes on then; the old woman would be of no use to you in the throng. [10]
More example sentences with the word throng in them
- It had been written just after Georg's return the day before, and ran as follows: "Joyously they march along, Lights are flashing through the panes, In the streets a busy throng Curiosity enchains. [10]
- The throng of workers at the granaries had lessened; most of them were now supplied with as much food as they could carry. [10]
- With some misgivings William Wetherell watched Mr. Bixby disappear among the throng, kicking up his heels behind, and then went upstairs. [9]
- It was a wild masquerade of all imaginable costumes--every struggling throng in every street was a dissolving view of stunning contrasts. [5]
- Monsters enough, on whom you cannot set your foot, throng your path. [10]
- She allowed the whole throng of knights to surround her in the ante-room, and your future brother-in-law, Siebenburg, outdid them all. [10]
- Besides, the blustering war of tongues had reached a merry close, and loud laughter blended with the shouts of fear and warning; for the surging throng had swept with unexpected speed towards the fountain and plunged Philostratus into the basin. [10]
- In fancy, the voluptuous votary of fashion sees herself amid the festive throng, 'the observed of all observers. [5]
- Having rendered these voluntary services, the throng modestly retired a little, preferring that the single gentleman should bear their consequences alone. [12]
- In this modern version of ours, the fathers throng about another than Horatius after the session of that memorable morning. [9]
- Curiosity drew both to the spot, and as Miriam's stately bearing made the throng move respectfully aside, they soon saw the mournful contents of a large travelling-chariot, which had lost its wheels. [10]
- A strong desire to regain perfect self-possession ere he again mingled in the jubilant throng and met his father, who shared every lofty emotion that stirred his own soul, detained him on the battle-field. [10]
- I had expected to find the bustle on shore greater, but what a throng of ships and boats, masts and smoke-stacks I saw! [10]
- Ideas, at certain times, throng for admission into the world; and we are all familiar with the fact that the same important idea (never before revealed in all the ages) occurs to separate and widely distinct minds at about the same time. [4]
- Hastening through the throng, which promptly made way for the doctor, she found Father Damon lying across the threshold, as he had fallen, colorless and unconscious. [4]
- The lowing, bleating throng which the priests had imagined to be the souls of the damned was the Hebrew host, departing by night from their old home with all their flocks under the guidance of Moses. [10]
- She's our sister,--old Throng stole her, and she's goin' to marry our partner. [11]
- Was the groaning throng of restless spirits which his grandson had pointed out to him from the observatory, pouring into the sanctuary of the gods? [10]
- Out of this throng in the streets I like to select the meek, patient, diminutive little donkeys, with enormous panniers that almost hide them. [4]
- His brave sons throng around him. [5]
- In this dense throng and deafening tumult it was scarcely possible to recover that collected calm which she had found in the morning at her mother's tomb. [10]
- Pressed by the throng against the high backs of the chairs, the orators spoke one after another and sometimes two together. [2]
- Sad, yes, sad thoughts of thee my heart doth swell, And burning recollections throng my brow! [5]
- It is as though the air itself is inhabited by a throng of happy comrades whispering in the communion of the invisible world. [11]
- The nightingales throng this lovely little valley as numerously as they do the gardens of Aranjuez. [4]
- The popularity of this immense show was very great, and we found ourselves, A---- and I, in the midst of a vast throng, made up of respectable and comfortable looking people. [6]
- Without a word they moved on together through the throng, the eyes of all following them, until they reached a quiet room at one end of the salon, where were only a few people watching the crowd pass the doorway. [11]
- Our friends, after they had laid their wreaths on the magnificent altars of their royal ancestors without being recognized, late in the afternoon joined the throng who followed the procession. [10]
- How many of the throng hurrying by would not flee, if they could, back to the peaceful homes they had left? [9]
- The gate of the scholar's house stood open, for an officer in the Regent's service had really entered a short time before, but the Scythian guards sent by the exegetus Demetrius, one of Barine's friends, were keeping back the throng of curious spectators. [10]
- So great was the press that the police had to interfere, and push back the throng from the door. [4]
- The citizens returned, the portals of the gate closed, the old lock creaked, the iron-shod beams fell back into their places, the chains of the drawbridge rattled audibly, and the assembled throng now knew that the Englishmen had been refused admittance to the city. [10]
- Nay, it was the plume in Gotz's hat, towering above the throng, which showed us that they were come. [10]
- But I was the only person in all that throng who knew the meaning of this mighty birth, and what this imperial magician was come into the world to do. [5]
- The Street of the King, along which he suffered himself to be carried by the excited throng, ran between the sea and the Theatre of Dionysus. [10]
- When, finally, in the Kanopic way, close in front of Seleukus's house, a youth unknown to him cried, scornfully, as the chariot was slowly making its way through the throng, "The brother-in-law of Tarautas! [10]
- To be sure, the ballroom was little frequented, only an adventurous couple now and then gliding over the floor, and affording scant amusement to the throng gathered on the piazza and about the open windows. [4]
- Dada clung in terror to Marcus, who was beginning to be seriously alarmed for her when, looking round for aid or refuge, he caught sight of his brother forcing his way through the throng, and gesticulating vehemently. [10]
- He chose the tallest and most stately of the slender dames of Venice to lead in the dance, or through the throng of masks and citizens intoxicated with the mirth of the carnival. [10]
- As the throng surged forward, she had been crowded against the woman who lost the rosary. [10]
- And now, while strangers from near and far throng into town, drawn by the sensational struggle which is to culminate in battle to-day, Mr. Crewe is marshalling his forces. [9]
- There was a stir among the throng of officers and in the ranks of the soldiers, who moved that they might hear better what he was going to say. [2]
- A dense throng still covered the quay from the southern end of the Heptastadium to the promontory of Lochias. [10]
- There was wild shrieking and struggling while the vapour enveloped the great throng, and so some who were not scalded got trampled upon and hurt. [5]
- The crazy throng shouted amidst the din; the noise still rings in my ears. [10]
- The almost naked rabble, too, with nothing on but a loin-cloth, who wriggled in and out of the throng, ready for any service or errand, formed a feature unknown at Rome. [10]
- Her heart throbbed quickly, for she did not forget her daring purpose, and a throng of memories of modest but more carefree days rushed upon her. [10]
- The throng of pilgrims grew a vague mass; no longer an army of individuals; and the music came floating back with distant charm. [11]
- A great throng peered into the covered way, kept clear for his Royal Highness and suite, and for the prominent gentlemen who accompanied them. [9]
- And their long-departed owners seemed to throng the gloomy cells and corridors with their phantom shapes. [5]
- As they walked on between the Serapeum on one hand, towering high above all else, and the Stadium on the other, the throng was dense; on the bridge over the canal it was difficult to make any progress. [10]
- A throng of officers surrounded him. [2]
- In the centre of this throng on the bandstand--reminiscent of concerts on sultry, summer nights--are the itinerant apostles of the cult called Syndicalism, exhorting by turns in divers tongues. [9]
- In the intervals of the music there was silence, as if the great throng were too deeply enjoying this feast of the senses to speak. [4]
- But most enjoyable of all was probably the throng of people, great and small, and all there was to hear and see among them and to answer. [10]
- Without, the throng occupied all the seats, the window ledges and the standing room. [5]
- His tall figure now towered far above the throng, and he set his teeth as he heard the old woman, almost speechless with delight, gasp out: "Lovely! [10]
- The student, having nothing to do, suffered himself to be carried away by the holiday-seeking throng until he found himself in the narrow valley of the Darro, below the lofty hill and ruddy towers of the Alhambra. [4]
- But King could not escape it, even in the throng descending and ascending the stairway to Luna Island. [4]
- And into the midst of this dismayed throng rushed Orpheus, the son of Karnis, who had been till now on guard on the roof, crying out: "The world is coming to an end, the heavens are opening! [10]
- How easily I marked Dorothy among the throng! [9]
- The rector, slowly making his way westward, permitted himself to be thrust hither and thither, halted and shoved on again as he studied the faces of the throng. [9]
- The drums grew louder, the pressure from the rear was relaxed, the throng in Faber Street began a retreat in the direction of the power plant. [9]
- But he soon let his hands fall again; for among the throng he noted some of his friends who yesterday, at least, had still walked among living men. [10]
- From early until late, what a busy throng, what an abundance of wares--and how many of the most valuable goods are made in our own city! [10]
- Get on your knees to Father Corraine, not to Captain Halby, Jimmy Throng. [11]
- The city, with its throng of steeples, was surrounded by a damp vapour which the reflection of the sun coloured with a faint, scarcely perceptible roseate hue. [10]
- The Mavick house, it should be said, was perfectly adapted to the throng that seemed to fill but did not crowd it. [4]
- The throng poured in with cowl, and cross, and minstrelsy; the lover paused for a moment at the door. [4]
- They succeeded, however, in preserving the lion's share of the precious booty for a time of need, and thus averted much drunkenness, though the spirit of the grape-juice and the pleasure in obtaining so rich a prize doubtless enhanced the grateful excitement of the throng. [10]
- Plenty of people in Alexandria practised the art of dyeing, and it was well known that Queen Arsinoe herself willingly mingled in the throng at the Dionysia with a handsome Ephebi, who did not suspect the identity of his companion. [10]
- In this dream I always find myself, stripped to my shirt, cringing and dodging about in the midst of a great drawing-room throng of finely dressed ladies and gentlemen, and wondering how I got there. [5]
- The shouts and howls of the throng outside echoed through the open roof of the impluvium, but the old man did not seem to hear them, and did not even notice his granddaughter. [10]
- He modestly made his way through the throng, which had set up a song in which he could not determine whether it was intended to express feelings of sadness or of triumph. [10]
- The nations to his sanctuary throng, And kings, struck dumb, cast down their golden crowns. [10]
- All who separated him from the carriage submissively made way for the commander of the Lombard regiment; but Barbara looked toward the right and the left, and longed to spring from the vehicle and hide herself amid the throng. [10]
- Ephraim had reminded her of Hosea and, while talking with him about the prisoner, she moved on as proudly as a queen, answering the greetings of the throng with majestic dignity. [10]
- In doing so her eyes fell upon the courtyard, where, just after the Ave Maria, a motley throng had gathered. [10]
- Heinz did not heed the throng. [10]
- He dreamed that he was under the high arches of an old cathedral, amidst a throng of worshippers. [6]
- Coughing and panting, he was preparing his voice for a fresh appeal, meanwhile opening the iron-bound box, and pointing out to the throng the placard beside his head, which announced that the money obtained by the indulgences was intended for the Turkish war. [10]
- As soon as he was gone, she was surrounded by a motley throng of suitors. [10]
- Half-willingly and half-perforce, he followed the drunken throng which was making its way from the heart of the city towards the lake, where, on a lonely spot on the shore to the east of Nikropolis, they were to celebrate certain nocturnal mysteries. [10]
- Oh, could he have followed his own Bridget, maid of all work, into the heart of that steaming throng, and bowed his head while the priests intoned their Latin prayers! [6]
- Yet there could have been no greater throng at the Emperor's nuptials. [10]
- This noble Chamber has a large irregular area of floor space, is very high, and has running round three sides a narrow elevated gallery, from which spectators can look down upon the throng below. [4]
- This little discovery had sufficed to transfigure, as it were, the rest of the day, and awaken a throng of new hopes and questions. [10]
- But, before Obada had succeeded in his efforts, the pushing throng were once more brought to a standstill; horses were heard approaching. [10]
- There was a great throng present, and he could do no more than press her hand with silent ardor; yet, at the same time he met her eye with such a truthful gaze that it was as a promise, a solemn pledge of faithfulness. [10]
- After viewing the great throng cynically for a moment Kaid said: "To- morrow thou goest. [11]
- The roads were full of people, and the nearer they came to the Nekropolis the denser was the throng. [10]
- Her heart shrank from the thought that, merely from vain pleasure in having a throng of admirers, she had given this scoundrel more than one glance of encouragement. [10]
- So they went forth; we who were left behind fell into each other's arms, uncertain whether the tears we shed streamed from our eyes for grief or for sheer joy at seeing the throng of our loved ones so full of hope and gladness. [10]
- And then the forest of ships, and the officious throng of little wherries and lighters that pressed around them, seeming to say, "You clumsy giants, how helpless would you be without us! [9]
- The vehicle was forced to stop, and Gombert stood up and overlooked the motley throng surrounding it. [10]
- See: you go for law and love; I go for fun and Jimmy Throng. [11]
- The throng that followed Philip really did resemble an army. [10]
- But the swiftly flowing throng was soon dammed; for the spot which afforded refreshment detained the front ranks, which blocked the whole procession as thoroughly as a wall or moat. [10]
- The throng which filled it to pray and offer sacrifices, and the fear of being recognized, destroyed her calmness. [10]
- The holy places filled at once; the throng poured in through the vestibule, and in a few minutes even the hypostyle, the sanctum of the veiled statue, was full to overflowing. [10]
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