1.   A belligerent crowd of some fifty thousand gathered around the court house.

2.   A crowd of Deep Water People gathered around us.

3.   A thousand people, mostly men, gathered around the grate one day last spring to witness a double execution.

4.   Adults gathered around to watch, some to rinse themselves off.

5.   After supper we gathered around the kitchen table and listened to Grandma tell stories about her childhood.

6.   At the back of the beach, where sand mingled with scrub, some fifty people were gathered around cars and trailers.

7.   During the long winters, the people gathered around fires in the lodges and told stories.

8.   Her nephews and nieces were all gathered around the table chattering happily over their food.

9.   However, their devotions were often disturbed by the sounds of revelry and dancing as the villagers gathered around the nearby Maypole.

10.   I wanted to kill the morons who had gathered around me, gawping and pointing.