How to Use crowd around/round in a Sentence
crowd around/round
phrasal verb-
As the crowd around her cheered, Merritt stepped back into the home on Poplar Boulevard.
— Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024 -
Palestinians crowd around a food distribution point in Rafah.
— Alexander Smith, NBC News, 7 Apr. 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 -
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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