Worse, a crowd of several hundred onlookers had materialized.

Then, at 6:25, a crowd of players suddenly materialized.

The huge crowds that the police braced for, deploying a few thousand officers at one point outside the arena, never materialized.

Despite free admission, the large crowds anticipated at the competition didn't often materialize.

Asked whether there had been any contacts with the police before the crowd materialized at the Plaza, she said there had not.

A big crowd of curious citizens had materialized, milling about in the park and spilling out across the roads.

A small crowd of people materialized, tsking the still form of the guard.

A crowd has suddenly materialized, like ants at a picnic.

A crowd of thousands materialized from rice paddies and villages.

But a huge crowd did not quite materialize.