How to Use crowd around/round in a Sentence

crowd around/round

phrasal verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The words, the crowd around me — everyone was screaming and reaching for Kendrick and crying.
    Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • The emerald peaks crowd around this former mining town, now an upscale enclave of art galleries, cafes and shops.
    Ryan Haase, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • Seconds later, an officer uses a Taser on Mims, bringing him to the ground as panicked screams are heard from the crowd around him.
    Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • As rap booms from the speakers at this boisterous and packed River North spot, the young and hip crowd around communal tables and snack on sushi rolls.
    Nick Kindelsperger, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • At cafes, patrons crowd around small tables and blow cigarette smoke in others’ faces.
    Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020

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