the crowd

noun

: ordinary people : people who are not viewed or treated as special or unusual

kids trying to distinguish themselves from the crowd

She prefers to be one of the crowd.

Examples of the crowd in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some nights the crowd heaves outside Mắm and the feeling is catch as catch can, diners hunched on low plastic stools eating off only slightly taller plastic tables, on the sidewalk and in the street, even spilling over to a nearby empty storefront. —Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026

The new commissioner—a tall, solid man with a neat beard—looked on from the edge of the crowd. —Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 11 May 2026

When Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone at America’s Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, the invention amazed the crowd. —David H. Hsu, Fortune, 11 May 2026

Gronk ended his segment by spiking a soccer ball from the stage — continuing a long-standing Fox upfront tradition of sports stars and hosts lobbing balls into the crowd. —Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 May 2026

Rhymes for the crowd

• allowed
• aloud
• avowed
• endowed
• mcleod
• bowed
• browed
• cloud
• cowed
• dowd
• loud
• ploughed