1.   Perhaps autumn is becoming too crowded for the playoffs and World Series to take the central place in American culture that is theirs by right and custom.

2.   Several longtime Democratic representatives have been crowding together for years.

3.   There was no thundering herd act, no yelling questions at Anjette, no pushing and crowding for a view of her.

4.   Transcending the deal itself, meanwhile, is the message it delivers about our new Internet age and about the myriad new companies crowding for a piece of it.

5.   When he wanders into the shop, several tourists crowd him for autographs.

6.   Winston, in fact, argues that the level of complaints to the government about airline service would be declining, but for the increasing crowding on planes.

7.   The Dutch were pressing the Irish midfield with Keane, John Sheridan and Andy Townsend crowded for room.