How to Use horde in a Sentence

horde

noun
  • A horde of tourists entered the museum.
  • Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.
  • There’s a horde of hands to feed on the depth chart above Bryant.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2025
  • My jaw would soon hit the floor, as did the rest of the media horde.
    — Anthony Fenech, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2019
  • In the back yard, hordes of patrons queued up to buy tickets.
    — Marina Harss, New Yorker, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Theme parks use hordes of performers to bring their worlds to life.
    — Sasha Richie, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The bulk of that group left and was replaced by a horde of youngsters.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2018
  • The hordes of tourists have left, and yet the herds of animals have not.
    — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The plaque was still there once the hordes of red, grey and white had exited the gates.
    — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, 22 Apr. 2018
  • And amid the horde was Delaney, who had eight people with him.
    — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2019
  • Every year, hordes of crappie flock to the shallows to spawn.
    — Don Wirth, Field & Stream, 4 Apr. 2024
  • This was, for weeks, the battle cry from hordes of Michigan fans.
    — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2017
  • You’re annoyed by it all, until the next horde of patrons do the same.
    — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Things get messy and deadly from there, as hordes of the undead descend on the land.
    — Megan Vick, EW.com, 30 May 2024
  • Frantic hordes rush out to the stores, sweeping shelves clean of food and supplies.
    — Mary Hui, Quartz, 20 Apr. 2020
  • The winds riled up hordes of bees and wasps, whose angry stings filled emergency rooms.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Each booth offered a brief refuge from the hordes moving steadily through the aisles.
    — Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • In the clip, the sound of an explosion can be heard, while hordes of fans sprint to the exit.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 23 May 2017
  • And a media horde is already forming in the area for the monster storm.
    — Johnny Diaz, Sun-Sentinel.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Try to squeeze in on a weekday when the hordes will be slightly diminished.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The onslaught from a horde of hungry rivals will soon shatter the myth.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 Feb. 2022
  • There were glorious views of the lake and hordes of mosquitoes at night.
    — Bonnie Tsui, Redbook, 23 May 2017
  • To avoid the crowds, try to get there right when the site opens, before the hordes of travelers come in.
    — Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Apr. 2025
  • 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
  • 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
  • Nonetheless, the days are already hot and the tourist hordes have yet to arrive.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2018
  • The event drew hordes of shoppers hoping to catch a glimpse of the model and household name.
    — Samantha Conti, WWD, 11 Oct. 2024
  • What could be better than fighting off hordes of alien monstrosities?
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps the hordes of tiny skeleton shrimp that covered some of the kelp were stunting its growth.
    — Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 29 Aug. 2024

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