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

From Salon • May 3, 2026

He was no Churchillian defender of Western Christian civilization against the barbarian hordes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 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

The hordes of people have braved the weather for the official opening of Spud Bros – a jacket potato business started in Preston which has grown to become a TikTok sensation.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025

The fiddler crab, that small and picturesque crustacean whose hordes move over mud flats or sand flats like grazing cattle, has no defense against the sprayers.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson