mob scene
noun
US
: a place or situation where a crowd of people behave in a violent or uncontrolled way
The peaceful protest quickly turned into a mob scene as protesters began fighting the police.
also
: a very crowded place or situation
The store became a real mob scene.
Examples of mob scene in a Sentence
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The film is set in the mid-20th century New York mob scene with a cast that includes Robert De Niro and Cosmo Jarvis.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The nearby Fontana di Trevi may be a mob scene, but the hotel is superbly located within walking distance of every marquee site in Rome, from the Colosseum to the Spanish Steps.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Garland establishes the chaos early, as Lee covers a mob scene where civilians reduced to refugees in their own country clamor for water.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
When a candidate gathers enough fight fans, a debate slides into a mob scene.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
When, one night in Manhattan, 1964, Truman Capote accepted a ride in Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s limousine after the theater, the author wasn’t prepared to find himself at the center of a mob scene.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2023
Jennifer Brown Hyde: The scene was like a mob scene … news cameras and TV lights.
—David Begnaud, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2023
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 16 Jan. 2025
The nearby Fontana di Trevi may be a mob scene, but the hotel is superbly located within walking distance of every marquee site in Rome, from the Colosseum to the Spanish Steps.
—Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2024
Garland establishes the chaos early, as Lee covers a mob scene where civilians reduced to refugees in their own country clamor for water.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024
When a candidate gathers enough fight fans, a debate slides into a mob scene.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024
When, one night in Manhattan, 1964, Truman Capote accepted a ride in Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor’s limousine after the theater, the author wasn’t prepared to find himself at the center of a mob scene.
—Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 3 Apr. 2023
Jennifer Brown Hyde: The scene was like a mob scene … news cameras and TV lights.
—David Begnaud, CBS News, 18 Mar. 2023
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“Mob scene.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mob%20scene. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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