crowded
adjective
crowd·ed
ˈkrau̇-dəd 
: filled with many or too many people or things
a crowded room/theater
a beach crowded with people
a crowded itinerary
Examples of crowded in a Sentence
we kept circling around the crowded parking lot at the mall
a crowded design that made the bedroom wallpaper a little overwhelming
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Here, rather like the Chicago stockyards, thousands of dairy cows are fed in crowded feedlots by a method called intensive and dry-lot feeding, or, alternately, kept indoors in barns.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Porter was also one of several Democratic contenders in a crowded California Senate election.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026
This group is crowded, messy, far too left-handed and the pieces don’t really fit.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
The Milano Ice Skating Arena was packed with skating fans who braved the crowded 40-minute metro ride from central Milan to watch the short program of the 2026 Winter Olympics’ men’s figure skating competition.
—Alice Park, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Porter was also one of several Democratic contenders in a crowded California Senate election.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 13 Feb. 2026
This group is crowded, messy, far too left-handed and the pieces don’t really fit.
—Zack Meisel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
The Milano Ice Skating Arena was packed with skating fans who braved the crowded 40-minute metro ride from central Milan to watch the short program of the 2026 Winter Olympics’ men’s figure skating competition.
—Alice Park, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for crowded
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“Crowded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowded. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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