How to Use horde in a Sentence

horde

noun
Definition of hordenext
Synonyms for hordenext
  • A horde of tourists entered the museum.
  • Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.
  • Each major event brings hordes of foreign journalists to the city.
    — Gustavo Solis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2019
  • After Uber’s debut flop, Son needs time to take his rich horde of unicorns public.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • So far, no one’s begun to tackle the problem of the hordes of camera-toting pedestrians who amass at the bottom of the block.
    — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Both companies file hordes of patents not only in India, but also in the US.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 17 Oct. 2019
  • And still the invaders come, hordes of them, relentless and seemingly inexhaustible.
    — Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The growth of hot-desking flows from the growing number of businesses that use hordes of freelance workers and contractors.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • Wochit, Wochit Frost hasn't yet settled on the pumpkins on your porch, but that hasn't stopped hordes of shoppers from getting a jump start on purchasing gifts for the winter holidays.
    — Benjamin Tobin, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2019
  • When the snow melts away in June, the Arctic erupts into a riot of life, with plants poking out of the soil primed to bloom, insects emerging and hordes of shorebirds migrating long distances to the area to nest.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Open for business Instead of fighting hordes of bargain hunters on Black Friday, go outside for a healthy post-Thanksgiving adventure.
    — Laura Daily and Bryan K. Chavez, The Know, 5 Nov. 2019
  • There used to only be a few geese at a time, not hordes.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • On fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line, Taylor was stuffed at the goal line by a horde of teal jerseys.
    — New York Times, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Things get messy and deadly from there, as hordes of the undead descend on the land.
    — Megan Vick, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • The arrival of the aforementioned Flood PvE mode horde mode.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Every year, hordes of crappie flock to the shallows to spawn.
    — Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The event drew hordes of shoppers hoping to catch a glimpse of the model and household name.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The episode leaves us with an image of a masked Maggie marching at the helm of her own horde.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Oct. 2021
  • Lydia is able to finish the job by leading the horde to a cliff to meet a watery demise.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Frantic hordes rush out to the stores, sweeping shelves clean of food and supplies.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Even the smallest crumbs left on the dining table or the floor can attract a horde of ants.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 2 June 2021
  • The center has to repel the extremist hordes on both sides.
    — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The onslaught from a horde of hungry rivals will soon shatter the myth.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Perhaps the hordes of tiny skeleton shrimp that covered some of the kelp were stunting its growth.
    — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 29 Aug. 2024
  • And by the way, the town is still being repaired after Beta's horde.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The winds riled up hordes of bees and wasps, whose angry stings filled emergency rooms.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Picking my way up the side of an icy cliff, where a horde of enemy soldiers waits for me at the top.
    — Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Escaping a zombie horde from Army of the Dead in an EV pickup truck?
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2023
  • The trio of heroines hang out on cavernous space stations, travel to outlandish planets and encounter hordes of cat-like aliens.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Ridden by legend Jamie Anderson and hordes of savvy snowboarders around the world, Union’s best-selling Trilogy was our favorite women’s binding in test.
    — Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024

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