How to Use crowd around/round in a Sentence

crowd around/round

phrasal verb

• With McNally on the ground, the crowd around her stood and cheered.
  — Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2022
• Ann, Tyrie and Harry all made their way back up the hill, where the crowd around the car had grown.
  — Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• Tiffany’s opens at noon most days, and there is a small crowd around the Apple store.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• The crowd around them broke up the dispute before things got out of hand.
  — Kelan Lyons, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022
• Four deputies crowd around the door, and a struggle with Otieno through the door slot ensues.
  — Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
• Saguaros, which are scarce on the first section of trail, begin to crowd around.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 2 Feb. 2022
• On the east end, drug users sleep on the grass while dealers mix with the crowd around the periphery.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
• After the catch, Mr. Kingsley held the ball in the air as the crowd around him applauded.
  — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
• The arena looks empty as camera crews and fans crowd around his end of the court.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2022
• As the crowd around her cheered, Merritt stepped back into the home on Poplar Boulevard.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
• There was a crowd around him but almost no one ahead in the gated section.
  — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• There, the children crowd around a metal firepit and peer at the remnants of their last bonfire.
  — Jackie Mader, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Oct. 2024
• Elisa, who prefers not to share her last name for privacy, looks at the crowd around her at the Toronto protest.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Nov. 2023
• Fischer announced to the crowd around the weigh-in stage, many with cell phone video cameras.
  — cleveland, 2 Oct. 2022
• Many celebrities of the time would crowd around these demonstrations.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
• With a big smile on his face, Thug Sr. raps along with the song’s chorus while doing the #SkiChallenge as the crowd around him goes crazy.
  — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 13 June 2024
• The words, the crowd around me — everyone was screaming and reaching for Kendrick and crying.
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
• Men, women and kids crowd around a water pump, buckets and plastic tankers at the ready.
  — Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 17 June 2024
• But this show wasn’t going to pack a ridiculously large crowd around the Grandstands.
  — al, 4 Dec. 2021
• Ravens coach John Harbaugh had the largest crowd around him amid Lamar Jackson’s trade request.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• Only Chowdhury and his uncle didn't feel the need to crowd around the television.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 23 Feb. 2021
• Fink waited until the crowd around Mortal Kombat thinned, then got up to check it out.
  — David L. Craddock, Ars Technica, 2 Apr. 2022
• But as more shots were fired into the crowd around 7 p.m., everyone began running for the door.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
• After entertaining the crowd around her, Rae announced the end of her act.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 28 Oct. 2024
• Around 40 of Peláez's neighbors crowd around, nodding in agreement.
  — Emily Green, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
• My dad would shout to my mom, who would come running with a platter and rubber spatula, and all the kids would crowd around.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
• How do these two different small businesses stay open as the big chain stores crowd around them?
  — The Week, 26 Feb. 2018
• The crowd around the teebox on the first hole was at least five deep in every direction as Phil Mickelson approached the hole.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022
• Potential customers began to swell the crowd around noon.
  — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2023
• The crowd around Lee overwhelmed the attacker, who appeared to be posing as one of his supporters.
  — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024