"thronged" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an adjective that means filled or crowded with large numbers people. An example sentence could be, "The streets were thronged with excited onlookers."
By day, the streets of downtown Algiers are thronged with unemployed young men who dream of France but have no chance of getting the visas they need to get there.
Supporters thronged in, including Ismael Saleh, 26, who raised the broom in his hands and beamed at the sky when asked for his reaction.
The Marina Grande is thronged with tourists, following guides in packs.
Updated at 1.08pm BST Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 1.00pm BST13:00 Have a gander at our picture of the day, featuring the thronged, delirious masses on Buttertubs yesterday.
Then there are the salt flats, the lagoons, Death Valley, the flamingo reserves … San Pedro's dusty streets may be thronged with tourists, but it is still an appealing, easygoing huaso (cowboy) town: one-storey adobe buildings, a leafy main square with an archetypal Andean church; an excellent archaeological museum.
Commonly, as I rode, children ran alongside, shouting, people thronged, incredulous at this western woman, alone on a motorbike, unable to make even my "xin cha" (hello) understood in their tonal language.
It did record business for the museum – but also caused record heartache because the galleries were so thronged with people that it was almost impossible to see the pictures.
It was a sunny day and the esplanade around the church was thronged with families, picnicking, enjoying the views (which are some of the best in Algiers), kids playing football.
To the long list of London bridges – the beautiful, the utilitarian and the less than stable – could soon be added a crossing that is green, pleasant and thronged by birds and bees – as well as locals and tourists.
As we walked through the thronged, neon-lit streets, I was struck by the fact that I was at eye, rather than armpit, level with the people I was being jostled by.
To win over the recalcitrant PMDB, Ms Rousseff is bringing her vice-president, Michel Temer, who is the PMDB's national boss, into the policy-setting clique that surrounds her, which is currently dominated by the PT.None of this is likely to impress the people who thronged Avenida Paulista.
