The phrase "teeming masses" refers to a large group of people, often depicted as overcrowded or densely packed, bustling with activity or moving together. Full definition
At St. Paul's Rocks, about 600 miles off the coast of Brazil, Charles Darwin described teeming masses of reef sharks during a stopover on his famous voyage. (discovermagazine.com)
Since coming to attention in the 1990s Gursky's documentation of storage facilities, mass tourism, factories, clubbers, and the sheer incomprehensible teeming mass of people, has come to define the way in which we see the contemporary world. (fineartmultiple.com)
It's easy to see how photographer Builder Levy, who was raised in Brooklyn just two miles north of Coney Island, became interested in what he describes as «the excitement, sensuality, earthy beauty and teeming masses of multiracial humanity.» (burnaway.org)