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hordes

NOUN

uncontrolled throng, pack

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crowd crush gang mob multitude swarm

STRONG

band crew drove gathering host jam press push squash troop turnout

WEAK

everybody wall-to-wall

Example Sentences

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Plus, there are fewer shopping malls to employ the vast hordes of teens during the summer months.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

“Sound of Freedom” had church groups busing to theaters to watch the movie in hordes.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

The working class La Villa neighborhood of Mexico City where the basilica is located fills with trucks festooned with with wreaths and Christmas lights and hordes of pilgrims camping in the streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025

Think of social-media influencers whose friends and family don’t grasp the connection between having hordes of online followers and paying the bills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Ten minutes later, he’d cut another two, sending hordes of kite runners racing after them.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini