11.   Crowds thinned around dinner-time, after the party officials left, but swelled again to several thousand by night-time.

12.   Most guests find the low season at St. Barts the ideal time to visit since crowds have thinned and the weather is still sunny and warm.

13.   Summer crowds have thinned, and beach-perfect weather is the rule of thumb through mid-October although the water can still be a bit iffy.

14.   The lunch hour crowd is thinning.

15.   We drove around until we thought the crowd had thinned, then went back to the motel.

16.   And by the end of the day, the crowd had thinned even further.

17.   As the crowd thinned and people wound their way back to the bus, Bishop admitted he may be burned out, partly because of a family tragedy.

18.   By the end of the service, the crowd had thinned.

19.   Crowds thinned around popular teammates like Ricky Watters, Steve Young, Jerry Rice and William Floyd, but the pack near Sanders never dwindled.

20.   Crowds are thinning at malls and restaurants in Jerusalem, perceived as the main target of the bombing campaign by Islamic militants.