The elegant gathering begins to turn into a family spat.

It was gray and windy when the parking-lot gathering began around noon.

It's only in comparison with top of the line Bordeaux that this gathering of bottles will begin to look good.

The informal gathering began in September 1979 among a few friends as a way to preserve old-time music.

"And I am sorry that this gathering should begin with this news, which touches us profoundly."

This clinched the matter, and the strange gathering began to break up.

The nighttime gathering begins about a quarter to 10.

The gathering of data has begun since 1981.

While the gathering began on a religious note, it suddenly took on a political cast and turned ugly, according to witnesses.

The gathering began as an exclusively Republican event, but it now includes a sizable number of Democrats.