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Example sentences for "concourse"

Lexicographically close words:
concordances; concordant; concordats; concords; concours; concourses; concrescence; concrete; concreted; concretely
  1. The citizens of Paris were disposed to consider this concourse of undisciplined troops under the walls of the city as dangerous to its safety, and an insult to the national guard, hitherto thought adequate to the defence of the metropolis.

  2. The poet bears witness that the king's invitation has brought together a concourse from every part of Ireland, from Ulster, Thomond, Desmond, Leinster and Meath.

  3. In it at those times there was a great concourse of people of all orders; there was a royal court; a kind of parliament; many sorts of public entertainment; and a general market.

  4. I quickly singled them out from the concourse issuing from the church-doors.

  5. Not a conflagration had occurred in the whole of London for many months past to which the escape had not been carried on the very next day, and put in action before a concourse of persons.

  6. For the sake of God We, verily, exhort you, and will be patient as We have been patient in that which hath befallen Us at your hands, O concourse of kings!

  7. The throne of tyranny hath, verily, been stablished upon thee, and the flame of hatred hath been kindled within thy bosom, in such wise that the Concourse on high and they who circle around the Exalted Throne have wailed and lamented.

  8. My face hath come forth from the veils, and shed its radiance upon all that is in heaven and on earth; and yet, ye turned not towards Him, notwithstanding that ye were created for Him, O concourse of kings!

  9. Turn your faces towards Him, O concourse of the righteous!

  10. This indeed beseemeth you not, O concourse of learned men!

  11. Referring to this same subject, He, in one of His Tablets, thus addresses the followers of Jesus Christ: “O concourse of the followers of the Son!

  12. Then would the Concourse on high bless thee.

  13. But notwithstanding all this Magnificence of Buildings, and the Concourse of so many Nations, I was quite out of conceit with Amsterdam.

  14. There was so great a Concourse of People at the Ceremony, that it seem'd as if all the Nation had flock'd thither to receive their new Sovereign.

  15. This Ceremony was perform'd when I was at Aix in 1713, at which time there was a Concourse to it of an incredible number of Pilgrims from Hungary, Tirol, and all the Provinces of Germany.

  16. The gaily bannered fleet lay conspicuous in the river, while an enormous concourse of people were thronging from all sides to greet the new sovereign.

  17. At eleven, a picquet of mounted gendarmerie and infantry took their station upon the place before the prison, where a great concourse of people had already assembled.

  18. The Synagogue of the Israelites was entirely hung with black; and a great concourse of people attended.

  19. A great concourse of people were present, many out of curiosity, no doubt, while some were there with real feeling and solemn thought.

  20. One warm September day in the fall of the same year, quite a concourse of Indians were gathered out doors near the big Indian house a little north of D.

  21. All the Holidays there were Plays; but with so little concourse of strangers, that they say they wanted company.

  22. Att which time such a concourse of people from all places, and of all sorts came together presently after dinner, that itt was thought impossible any thing should have beene done that night for tumults.

  23. Then the whole concourse of tribes sent up a shout: “Give us some medicine-deed!

  24. She fled with a rapid, swinging trot over the scintillating snow toward the concourse of her people.

  25. There was a breaking up of the concourse and a walking away.

  26. For he proclaimed before that vast concourse that his own hands had fashioned the oil-flask which he carried.

  27. The reason for our decision to be married by preference at her country house not far from Oea was to avoid a fresh concourse of citizens demanding largesse.

  28. The noise attracted the concourse that had just left the circus and they drew up in line with revolvers cocked.

  29. Though the circus was a complete wreck, it was learned that both the city and its suburbs had suffered severely, and it was considered providential that the performance had attracted so great a concourse of the people from their homes.

  30. So great was the concourse of people in the early part of the morning, all eagerly bringing their money, that it was thought the subscription would be filled that day; but before noon, the tide turned.

  31. So great was the concourse of people to visit the house in Camberwell Lane, where Greenacre murdered Hannah Brown, in 1837, that it was found necessary to station a strong detachment of police on the spot.

  32. Such was the concourse of persons of all ranks, that this first subscription was found to amount to above two millions of original stock.

  33. An immense concourse of persons assembled to witness the battle.

  34. Upwards of two thousand knights were present with their retainers, besides a vast concourse of people to witness the sports.

  35. Eight days afterwards the concourse of people was so tremendous that fifteen persons were squeezed to death at the doors of the bank.

  36. The great concourse of persons who assembled to do business brought a still greater concourse of spectators.

  37. They went to the indulgence at Wadstena along with Giovanne Franco, in order to inquire if there were any ships bound for Germany or England, there being always a great concourse of people on such occasions.

  38. The concourse of merchants to this famous emporium is incredible, as it is one of the most commodious ports in the whole world, and is exceedingly productive in revenue to the great Khan, who receives ten in the hundred of all merchandize.

  39. They are chary of indulging even in witticism calculated to relieve the solemnity of the debate by a smile.

  40. The concourse pouring into and converging from all parts toward Formiae, which had already been so extensive, increased, therefore, into an enormous concentric movement.

  41. The exposition was opened on the 17th of February by the pope himself, in the presence of the commission for the exposition, a number of cardinals, some three hundred of the bishops, and a large concourse of clergy and laity.

  42. Krishna is therefore placed on a throne and before the vast concourse of rajas, Yudhisthira worships him.

  43. Krishna agrees, chariots are sent for and the vast concourse of passion-stricken girls is transported to Dwarka.

  44. O concourse of the kindreds of the earth!

  45. Were ye to incline your inner ears unto Him, ye would hear from every limb and member and vein and even from every single hair of this Wronged One that which would stir and enrapture the Concourse on high and the world of creation.

  46. We said: "O concourse of rulers and divines!

  47. Thine act hath consumed the hearts of the Concourse on high, and those of such as have circled round the Cause of God, the Lord of the worlds.

  48. Thereupon the voice of the true Faith was lifted up, calling aloud again and again and saying: "O concourse of the earth!

  49. There was also assembled a very great concourse of the people, fearing much how the Dictator might deal with them, for they knew what manner of man he was, and that there was no limit to his power, nor any appeal from him.

  50. There was a great concourse of people to see this sight; and the Senate was summoned by the magistrates to consider the matter.

  51. The Duke of Buckingham met a large concourse of Londoners at the Guildhall, which is in the centre of the business portion of the city.

  52. The rest of the hall was crowded with a vast concourse of people that had assembled to witness the ceremony.

  53. An immense concourse of people came to view his remains.

  54. The concourse of spectators on this occasion was even greater than before.

  55. Their design was by this review to call together a great concourse of spectators.

  56. Shaw, who was a brother of the Lord-mayor of London, preached a sermon to a large concourse of citizens, in which he openly attempted to set aside the claims of the two boys, and to prove that Richard was the true heir to the crown.

  57. The heads of a great concourse of his fellow-workers in the Arts were bowed around his tomb.

  58. Before this time, every freeholder might vote, and the vast concourse of electors brought on riots and murders.


  59. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "concourse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    accompaniment; accordance; affluence; afflux; agglomeration; agglutination; aggregation; agreement; alliance; approach; articulation; assembly; assignation; association; asymptote; ball; bond; brawl; cahoots; canvass; caucus; census; coincidence; collaboration; collection; colloquium; collusion; combination; commission; committee; communication; concentration; concert; conclave; concordance; concourse; concurrence; confluence; congeries; conglomeration; conjugation; conjunction; connection; conspiracy; convention; convocation; cooperation; correspondence; council; coupling; course; crossing; current; dance; date; defluxion; diet; downpour; drift; festivity; fete; flow; fluency; flux; focus; forum; funnel; gathering; gush; housewarming; hub; inflow; intercommunication; intercourse; inventory; joint; jointure; junction; juxtaposition; levee; liaison; linkage; marriage; meet; meeting; merger; merging; mobilization; muster; onrush; outflow; pairing; panel; parasitism; party; plenum; quorum; race; radius; rally; reception; rendezvous; rodeo; roundup; run; rush; seance; session; simultaneity; sitting; soiree; spate; splice; spoke; stream; street; surge; survey; symbiosis; symposium; synchronism; synod; tangent; tide; tie; trend; turnout; undercurrent; undertow; unification; union