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crowded

adjective US /ˈkraʊdəd/

overfilled or compacted or concentrated

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,351 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,366 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.

What it means

adjective

  1. overfilled or compacted or concentrated a crowded theatera crowded program

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

crowded in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • Already the forest crowded the narrow, curving road.

    The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1

  • The peace of it, the stillness of it crowded in upon her.

    The Bad Man: A Novel · Charles Hanson Towne · Chapter 1

  • There is many a breath caught in the crowded multitude to hear the men sing that.

    The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1

  • The story is now hastening to its close, and many events are crowded into the fortieth day.

    The Odyssey of Homer · 751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Chapter 1

  • The town is full of people, great and small, Each inn is crowded to its very wall.

    The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1

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