Throng example sentences

The tomb or dargah of a Sufi saint became a place of pilgrimage to which thousands of people of all faiths thronged.The streets thronged with people raising slogans about bread, wages, better hours and democracy.Moors (a name used collectively for Muslim merchants), Chettis and agents of European traders such as the Portuguese, thronged the markets of Hampi.Such people, especially craftspersons, peasants, traders and labourers, thronged to listen to these new saints and spread their ideas.