Sentence examples for motley crowd from inspiring English sources

The English vegetarians were a motley crowd.

And the motley crowd has no hope of changing the president's mind.

It was a motley crowd: barristers and accountants, artisans and labourers.

Mother sat like a queen, beaming over the motley crowd at the table.

Instead, they appear to have drawn a motley crowd of rightwingers.

They were a motley crowd, drawn from all sections of my social and professional life.

Yes, free admission is a mixed blessing: free shows bring out motley crowds, a mixture of the knowledgeable and the clueless.

Arriving at La Guardia's Art Deco-style Marine Air Terminal, she stepped into a scene that contrasted sharply with the motley crowds that jam most airports these days.

It is here, far from the art world's madding crowd, that I – along with a motley crew led by the Swiss philanthropist Francesca von Habsburg – find myself swimming desperately for land, while the vessel that has brought us, the Dardanella, bobs safely offshore.

I stood a few metres away from the soldiers as they shot at the crowd, and hung out with a motley crew of international activists and international observers.

I stood a few yards away from the soldiers as they shot at the crowd, and hung out with a motley crew of international activists and international observers.