How to Use horde in a Sentence

horde

noun
  • A horde of tourists entered the museum.
  • Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.
  • My jaw would soon hit the floor, as did the rest of the media horde.
    Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2019
  • In 2005, the Moorea reefs faced hordes of crown-of-thorn sea stars, which eat coral polyps.
    National Geographic, 18 June 2018
  • The bulk of that group left and was replaced by a horde of youngsters.
    Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2018
  • There used to only be a few geese at a time, not hordes.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Better to be part of the horde, to make the earth shake under the hooves of your horses.
    Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
  • Now, where were the hordes we were supposed to worry about?
    Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 5 July 2019
  • And amid the horde was Delaney, who had eight people with him.
    Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2019
  • 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
  • Ovechkin lifted it up for a horde of Capitals fans to see.
    Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018
  • 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
  • Here on the central Asian steppe, the ancient home of Genghis Khan and his Mongol horde, the nomads are brought up tough.
    Simon Denyer, Washington Post, 8 July 2018
  • There aren’t hordes of people going over the Accademia.
    Nina Sovich, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
  • The Honduran team’s air force plane was met by hordes of Salvadoran fans.
    Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, 24 June 2019
  • 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
  • There are now hordes of straight women on every continent who have become fans of mine—I’ve been shown the chat rooms and the TikTok comments by my team.
    Remy Blumenfeld, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2024
  • With Barcelona booming these days, locals’ displeasure over hordes of visitors clomping around town has made lots of news.
    John Oseid, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

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