There was such a large crowd that a ship's cable, a heavy rope, was stretched across the portico to separate the crowd from Jackson as he took the oath and delivered his inaugural address.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

A crowd of about 1,000 marched to a nearby store, broke into it, and destroyed large amounts of flour and grain.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

There were so many people at that time- and at that time a crowd of 20,000 people was a very, very large crowd.

VOA: special.2009.01.19