Crowded into the small museum were nearly 1,000 people, far more than the society's director had expected, making it as tightly packed as a rush-hour subway train.

They talk about conquering their laziness; they speak of the dirty looks they get on the rush-hour subways as they carry their babies and strollers.

They shout out sad stories in rush-hour subways.

As the birds grow, the once-spacious wooden box becomes as crowded as a rush-hour subway car.

Then it depends on being lucky enough to grab a seat on a rush-hour subway.

I took the crowded rush-hour subway five stops down.

By noon, the halls of Manhattan's top department stores were beginning to resemble rush-hour subways in places, caterers were mired in mounds of food.

And it was combined with the 6:59, which meant that the train was packed like a rush-hour subway.

Two assistant district attorneys blithely conduct a secret love affair in an office as crowded as a rush-hour subway car.

Trying to elbow past the aging male ponytails at the bar to get to the hostess station is an exercise in rush-hour subway jostling.