How to Use gather in a Sentence

gather

1 of 2 verb

• Give me just a minute to gather my things and then we can leave.
• A crowd began to gather on the sidewalk.
• The players gathered together to hear the coach's game plan.
• The child was gathering flowers to give to his mother.
• The bicyclists gathered speed as they went downhill.
• She gathered her hair into a ponytail.
• The coach gathered her players together.
• The police are continuing to gather evidence relating to the crime.
• Volunteers have been gathering contributions for the new library.
• As the ladies left, fans gathered in front of the eatery for a chance to see the stars.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Nov. 2023
• The board passed the rule in a 4-1 vote last month, where hundreds gathered in protest of the measure.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
• At mealtime, guests gather at the lodge for what has become, to many, a highlight of the stay.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• Teams no longer can gather enough great players to be great.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• At the end of the session, Ms. Gonzalez gathered the papers in front of her and put them in a binder.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• With the cast gathered around him, Short sets up a scene in which the show’s star triplets are crying in the night as their nanny soothes them.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 16 Aug. 2023
• Officers at the scene gathered on a deck outside the home as neighbors watched from the street and their front lawns.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
• As the fire raged that night, countless people gathered in the plaza’s parking lot, Joey said.
  — Anumita Kaur and Tamir Kalifa, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, storm clouds have gathered over the economies of China and Europe.
  — Anna Cooban, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
• When planets gather on one side of the sun at the same time, that's a planetary alignment.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 June 2023
• Scher came back to the site about a month later and found the verdins gathering caterpillars to feed their young.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2023
• The first half of the novel consists of a bunch of men gathering in houses and pubs, and discussing whether or not to invest in a fraud.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2024
• The guest houses sit around an outdoor area with a pool and fire pit, and large porches are meant for gathering.
  — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
• On Friday, around 500 people had gathered for a procession from the mosque to celebrate the birth of the prophet, known as Mawlid al-Nabi.
  — Abdul Sattar The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2023
• In the church courtyard, a gray-haired man is sweeping up broken glass and gathering small pieces of concrete.
  — Claire Harbage, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
• As temple members gathered around the truck, crying and screaming, two masked men took off on foot.
  — Samantha Schmidt, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• Her teammates collectively gathered in a group hug around her as the crowd went wild.
  — Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 4 Aug. 2023
• The stunned crowd -- some in tears -- slowly gathered their belongings, trying to figure out how to get home.
  — Heather Hollingsworth, arkansasonline.com, 16 Feb. 2024
• On Sunday, the top names in music gathered for the 66th annual Grammy Awards.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
• There is a school, a hockey arena, and a basic hotel, but few other places to gather.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Dec. 2023
• Others are more ad-hoc and form on the fly when enough people gather in a location or region.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2023

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gather

2 of 2 noun

• Above the house across the vast desert skies, clouds filled with green lightning gather.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
• Leave a knot at one end and pull the string on the other side to create gathers.
  — Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
• Art lovers and those looking for a fun evening out gather from 6-10 p.m. on the first Friday of the month.
  — Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2022
• Heather and the members of her choir gather for their first rehearsal.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
• The hall stills with the music, and an air of wonderment gathers.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2023
• When large numbers of fish gather, they are scooped up in nets.
  — Aarefa Johari, Quartz, 6 July 2021
• Then, in the spring, the Johnnies would bring their beer and gather by the woods to be even better heard by Coach Feely at ballgames.
  — Star Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
• The glam group gathers in the holding pen, and soon the camera pans to a pair of besuited legs walking up the stairs.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• The January 6 vigil gathers every evening at the end of E Street, next to the cemetery.
  — Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
• Friends old and new gather for an epic battle to save Central City one last time.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 May 2023
• Mostly, the cabin is a place to have all my friends and family gather.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 21 Dec. 2021
• Part of that cost involves Knightscope storing all of the data that robots like Westy gather in a year.
  — NBC News, 27 June 2021
• When the moon reaches its last quarter, the crabs gather on the shoreline, releasing their eggs in the water.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2022
• In normal times, the data points amassed over the course of a season - or in the four-year span of the Olympic quad - provide a good idea of what is to come when the world’s best gather.
  — Dave Sheinin, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2021
• Cloud vendors will use proprietary APIs to erect gates and gather tolls.
  — Augusto Marietti, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
• Keep in mind that a liner that is too long can be a safety concern if the extra fabric gathers on the floor of the shower stall or bath.
  — Alice Knisley Matthias, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
• The family and its inner circle gather as the child's body is burned on a funeral pyre.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• In normal years more than two million pilgrims gather for the hajj.
  — WSJ, 16 July 2021
• As the students straggle in, those who are about to lead the service gather for a quick prayer, standing on the basketball court near the corner three-point line.
  — Freep.com, 8 Oct. 2021
• On the other side of the door, Leonard and his posse gather, gently but firmly demanding entry.
  — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 1 Feb. 2023
• All sorts of nearby fish gather, both small and large, seeking there to acquire food and good sustenance.
  — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
• That fire damaged land where many of Klamath tribal members hunt, fish and gather.
  — Gillian Flaccus, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2021
• There aren’t a ton of NBA rookies at that height who are confident in getting on the move, hopping into a gather, and shooting the ball like that.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Oct. 2022
• Instead of blowing leaves and debris off your property, gather and place in your trash bin.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2021
• Try a few at each place setting for a special detail or gather in a group for a stunning centerpiece.
  — Megan Stein, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• This new study is the latest twist in a decades-long debate about gender roles among early hunter-gather societies.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, National Geographic, 4 Nov. 2020
• In early November, thousands of the birds of prey gather in Haines, Alaska, forming one of the largest congregations in the world.
  — Jenna Kunze, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Nov. 2020
• His extended family gathers in his front yard to talk about their connection to the land.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
• The San Diego Police Department is one of the first to ban the use of the restraint technique as protests against police brutality gather across the nation.
  — Autumn Schoolman, USA TODAY, 3 June 2020
• That afternoon, those of us on Break gather as a community beneath the Egress Spout.
  — George Saunders, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020

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