Then as if by magic the crowd melted away to let the struggling policemen through.

When word got out that the blast was an accident, not a bomb, the crowd melted away.

Behind them the larger crowd was melting away, slowly at first and then with increasing speed.

The crowd melts away and we stare at each other.

And when the crowds melt away, what will we be left with that benefits a single ordinary person in this country?

The crowd around them melted away, leaving her alone with Kyne.

The crowd melted back, clearing a wide space around her.

The crowd of 29,379 had all but melted away by then.

Others followed, and the whole crowd melted away, leaving Tim alone by the ruins of his car.

The crowd in the wings melted aside to let him through.