How to Use mob in a Sentence

mob

1 of 2 noun
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  • The police had to be called in to handle the growing mob.
  • The angry mob smashed store windows and attacked people on the streets.
  • He was jailed for his dealings with the Mob.
  • The tour tells the story of the city from its mob roots to today.
    — Michael Easter, Men's Health, 9 June 2023
  • On their way, a mob encountered them and beat the son to death.
    — Sania Farooqui, CNN, 7 May 2023
  • The Marine turned and rushed the teen who struck him and a mob of people surrounded the pair.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
  • An aging Texas Ranger and a mob thirsty for law and order take their shot(s).
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • By then, an Internet mob had gone straight to the Tripathis.
    — Elizabeth Koh, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The group marched single-file up the east Capitol steps and joined a mob that entered the Columbus doors by force.
    — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Witnessing the ways the pro-Depp mob weaponized clips of Heard in her films against her was in the back of his mind during the cutting process.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In the show, two musicians have to flee the city after witnessing a mob hit.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Volatile Flow – Any orb grants your void weapons Volatile Rounds for even more damage and easy mob clearing.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • In 2009, a Muslim mob killed eight Christians in Gojra city.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Above all, for Greene and the others aghast at what had happened, the greatest horror was that the murder wasn’t the act of a random mob.
    — Colin Dickey, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2023
  • Ayodhya was a place where a mosque was destroyed in 1992 by a mob.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Why are we obsessed as a mob with always killing the messenger?
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In 1869, a white mob pulled two Black men from the jail in Linden and lynched them, according to a newspaper account from the time.
    — Nicholas P. Brown, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • On Saturday, on the third-year anniversary of a pro-Trump mob attacking the US.
    — Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • On 16 April, two Hindu seers were lynched after a mob stopped their car and mistook them for Muslims.
    — Parth M.n., WIRED, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The Rangers needed one like this; a mob at home plate, a Gatorade bath and vivacious music pumping through the clubhouse postgame.
    — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • In the first clip, which was posted to X, a mob can be seen jumping and sitting on the hood of a car as other vehicles blare their horns.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Platt stars as the real-life Leo Frank, a Jewish man in Atlanta who was wrongly accused of murder and lynched by a mob in 1915.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 13 July 2023
  • The owner was, fittingly, a man named Tony with mob connections.
    — Anna Kodé, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The condemned were beaten and paraded through the streets to the execution site, as described with Jesus in the Gospels, while mobs jeered and rained abuse.
    — Fredrick Kunkle, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • At the same time, a mob of angry white people snarls, yells obscenities, and hurls glass bottles at them.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The aunt, Devorah Cohen, said that when Eitan had arrived in Gaza he was set upon by a mob.
    — Russell Goldman, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Rostopchin knew the charges were somewhat trumped up, but still allowed Vereschagin to be beaten to death by public mobs in the most savage of ways.
    — John Tamny, Forbes, 3 May 2023
  • Like the movie, the stage show centers on two musicians who hide out in an all-female band after witnessing a mob hit.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 5 June 2023
  • Newspaper reports attributed his killing to the same mob.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The subcommittee's review also noted that the crossbeam and noose weren't added to the wood base until the 1 p.m. hour — the same hour when the riotous mob began attacking police officers and advancing toward and beyond the police line.
    — Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2024
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mob

2 of 2 verb
  • Shoppers mobbed the stores during the holidays.
  • The actor's fans mobbed him wherever he went.
  • The Wave mobbed Shaw, the youngest player on the field.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
  • His teammates burst out of the dugout and mob him at the mound.
    — Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press, 19 May 2021
  • Crowds mobbed the store to be the first to get their hands on the fresh stock.
    — Megan Stein, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, the Irish emptied the bench to mob him after the winning shot.
    — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Mar. 2021
  • They are mobbed in the street and featured in endless ads.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • The Beavers mobbed him and then advanced to the second round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
    — oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The Bobcats raced down the west sideline to mob Foster.
    — Michael Lev, The Arizona Republic, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Posey’s teammates mob him at home plate, and Martin Sr. waits at the top of the dugout.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2021
  • The bench cleared and mobbed Sheehy-Guiseppi after the score.
    — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • As the clock ticked to zero, the Blues mobbed the ice in victory.
    — Nathan Becker, WSJ, 15 June 2019
  • That was probably the last time Daniel could walk around and not get mobbed.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Seconds after the final buzzer, the Xavier bench cleared and mobbed in front of its fans.
    — Jason Hoffman, Cincinnati.com, 27 Dec. 2019
  • And then he got mobbed by teammates who tried to rip the jersey off the shortstop’s chest.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 3 June 2023
  • Players jumped out of their seats and mobbed McCauley in the corner of the meeting room.
    — Michael Lev, azcentral, 9 July 2019
  • Senzel slid into the plate was mobbed by teammates who rushed out of the dugout.
    — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2019
  • The countdown to closing had begun with a clearance sale, and the store was mobbed.
    — John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Middleton subbed out late in the game and was mobbed by his teammates.
    — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2020
  • On a world tour this year, he was mobbed by a crowd of adoring fans at an event in London.
    — Matt O'Brien, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Teammates mobbed him and put him up on their shoulders.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2019
  • When the players are finished, fans mob the spike to sign it themselves.
    — Ken Belson, New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • As Giants fans mobbed the field, Merkle headed for the safety of the clubhouse.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The lead base runner, who had been on second, scored as the pitcher fell to the grass near the mound, mobbed by his teammates.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 May 2023
  • Lewis was mobbed by her Calvert teammates, while the Knights were in disbelief.
    — Justin Fitzgerald, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Nov. 2019
  • After the Sox scored three in the top of the 10th, Ruth smacked a walk-off grand slam for a 6-5 Yankees win, after which a crowd mobbed the field.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • His players were mobbed by their fans and classmates who reveled in the rare chance to storm Rec Hall’s old court.
    — Travis Johnson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The Best Actor winner was even mobbed at the after-party.
    — Alexis Jones, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Feb. 2019
  • Reedy, holding his arms up, stands nose-to-nose with De León as others mob the pair.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • At the final whistle, the team mobbed Naeher in front of the goal in celebration.
    — Anne M. Peterson, The Denver Post, 2 July 2019

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