How to Use en masse in a Sentence

en masse

adverb
  • Her supporters arrived en masse for the rally.
  • There will be a hunger to be out there again, en masse again.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2020
  • But in the fourth, the Padres rose up en masse.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
  • This system will be able to store drones, recharge them, and then launch them en masse.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Some even say people should eat them to get them out of the water en masse.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In turn, the new speaker swears-in the rest of the House, en masse. McCarthy appears to lack the votes to become speaker right now.
    — Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • This springiness also helps the wiry tines grab broad leaves and pull them to you en masse.
    — Gabriel Morgan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Protesters mostly stayed in the park and did not march en masse.
    — oregonlive, 7 Nov. 2020
  • True to form, our health care workers have stepped up en masse to do what is right and noble.
    — Letter To The Editor, chicagotribune.com, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Substitutions start to come on to the field en masse.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Cyclists fell en masse and the crash left bikes and bodies tangled in the road.
    — Matias Grez, CNN, 18 July 2021
  • Some third-party forms are sent en masse to voters in all 50 states.
    — Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2020
  • Bug infestations can rip through the forests, killing trees en masse.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 25 Nov. 2020
  • As Tsegay sped ahead of the lights on the final two laps, the fans rose en masse and roared.
    — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
  • During the summer months, large groups tend to arrive en masse at the start of the day.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The bodies of the poor, or plague victims, were dumped, en masse, into pits.
    — Karina Wilson, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2020
  • That gunk needs to be fired out en masse and the water is being topped up anyway at this point.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
  • Prior predictions that the wealthy tech elite would flee en masse to low-tax states haven’t come true.
    — Heather Somerville, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2020
  • At the end of the show, the design team came out en masse in matching green sweatshirts to take a bow.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Know who’s not calling for a return to commutes and office work en masse?
    — Amanda Richardson, Quartz, 22 Oct. 2022
  • Trustees resigned en masse during the fallout.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Their customers either don't want to leave en masse or have a hard time escaping.
    — NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • At the time, rivers were on fire and birds were dying off en masse due to air and water pollution.
    — Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Users are uniquely choosing to ignore those fixes en masse.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Users are uniquely choosing to ignore those fixes en masse.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • For a dramatic display, plant en masse in shady borders.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2026
  • Its contracts ensure that members get time off to vote, and the union buses them en masse to the polls.
    — Time, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The crowd stood en masse and cheered the frail 88-year-old composer seated on the first tier.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • And tuned in en masse, as Netflix themselves would tell you (with the league’s blessing).
    — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The palace servants are herded en masse into the dungeon to keep them from talking.
    — Sean T. Collins, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2022

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