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Definition
come together as a group- The planned demonstration never materialized because a heavy presence of police and soldiers made it impossible for protesters to congregate.
congregate = gather together
- People congregated outside of City Hall to protest.
- He and his groupmates congregated by the tables in front of the Auditorium and took their packaged food.Lois Lowry -- The Giver
- When he finished, the guys turned and started to congregate at the mouth of the tunnel, their voices alive with excitement.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- there was a sudden deep of seven hundred fathoms where all sorts of fish congregatedErnest Hemingway -- The Old Man and the Sea
- About nineteen people congregated during the time it took for Norman Strick to walk up to the Courthouse and blow the whistle for the volunteer fire department.Barbara Kingsolver -- The Bean Trees
- It was in the quiet at the end of the day, when we began to congregate in the open space before climbing into our caves.London, Jack -- Before Adam
- True, he said; but then the multitude is seldom willing to congregate unless they get a little honey.Plato -- The Republic
- Sailors were shouldering the luggage, and people were beginning to congregate.Woolf, Virginia -- The Voyage Out
- Hagrid added sharply, heading now toward the foot of the Astronomy Tower, where a small crowd was congregating.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- There is fear in the hate and impatience which impels the action of the mob congregated upon the streets beyond that window!Richard Wright -- Native Son
- I see stark-nude young witches congregate, And old ones, veiled and hidden shrewdly: On my account be kind, nor treat them rudely!Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) -- Faust
- We were not allowed to "congregate" in the prison yard, but down the road we stopped both cars.Julia Alvarez -- In the Time of the Butterflies
- Were men intended, then, to congregate in few places, to squabble and to bicker and breed the discontents that led to injustice, hatred, and war?Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
- The sparks congregated at trauma points, sinking into the skin.Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
- Not knowing what else to do with ourselves, we drifted after her and congregated around the door, which had been left open a crack.Ransom Riggs -- Hollow City
- There is no place to dart into or congregate.Toni Morrison -- Beloved
- That butchery business was long ago; surely by now the sharks would be out of the habit of congregating here.Trenton Lee Stewart -- The Mysterious Benedict Society
- It looked as if half the town of Chapel Hill was congregated outside Kate's apartment.James Patterson -- Kiss the Girls
- In front of the trucks, workers congregated in groups of five or six.Nicholas Sparks -- The Wedding
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congregated = came together
congregate = come together
congregated = came together
congregated = come together
congregate = gather together