1.   A great throng had gathered to listen to his speech.

2.   By midday, at the staging area at West and Houston Streets, a large throng had gathered.

3.   By the next day the word has spread and a throng has gathered around the grave.

4.   In Egypt, throngs gather near the Great Sphinx to watch the summer solstice sun sink between the pyramids of Cheops and Chephren.

5.   Soon a throng had gathered, soliciting autographs and snapshots.

6.   Throngs gathered on the banks of the Bassac and Tonle Sap rivers, hoping to flee in small boats.

7.   Throngs of people gathered to march in downtown Johannesburg this morning, bringing traffic to a standstill.

8.   Throngs gather around him every day to hear the bright stories of his childhood, such as him selling cups of Coke at Ohio State games.

9.   Under a chilly drizzle in the remote Andean capital of Quito Thursday night, a throng of revelers gathered outside the Ecuadorean Congress.

10.   Aides to the duchess said Mrs. Barrantes would be buried alongside her second husband at El Pucara, where a media throng gathered.