The boy went racing back across the street to the statue of Franklin, where his friends crowded around him to hear of his good fortune.

Later, several hundred relatives and friends crowded into the same room for the funeral.

Egwene and the gleeman raced on either flank of him, while Rand's friends crowded in behind.

Let's see whether I can give you all his names-was Philip's friends crowded around, listening.

She and her friends crowded around the phone booth in the Martin Luther King Jr.

The friends crowded into the bay-window, and stared out into the night with a kind of happy awe.

And so they had come home, where reporters blocked the driveway and well-meaning friends crowded the house.

Five days later the news reached Quincy, and again family and friends crowded about "the old President" to wish him congratulations.

Strangers and friends crowd around his table, offering high-fives or picking up his tab.

But friends who live in the neighborhood tell me that weekend shopping is as panicky and crowded as the No. 6 train during rush hour.