crowd around/round

phrasal verb

crowded around/round; crowding around/round; crowds around/round

: to form a tight group around (something or someone)

A small group of people crowded around the car.

When one of the protesters began to speak, the people crowded around (him) to hear what he had to say.

Examples of crowd around/round in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Within the space’s pink and green walls, the women crowd around card tables strewn with bingo cards and laden with bags of popcorn, chips, cheese puffs and candy bars. —Meena Duerson, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025

Visitors often crowd around the display case to glimpse this remarkable piece of linguistic history. —David Nikel, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025

Now celebrities come to sit courtside at the U.S.C.’s Galen Center to watch her, and fans crowd around her after games, asking for pictures and autographs. —Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2025

For a few seconds, Beyoncé, who has won 35 Grammy awards and received 99 nominations, sat still as the crowd around her burst in celebration. —Kayla Grant, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025