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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

Leigh Price, 51, from Builth Wells, said he was not prepping for hordes of the undead roaming the landscape, as many might assume, but for much more real threats.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

He will be the first elf welcomed within those walls, surrounded by those goblin hordes and given a free pass to walk among them.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin