- past tense form of drive.
drove
Example Sentences
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William Arnold drove 900 miles from his home in Cornwall, England, this summer to a windswept pay phone on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Afterwards, Ruto personally drove the couple to their waiting helicopter.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was supposed to be a year where healthy economic growth drove a broadening out of the stock market.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Higher doses of cannabinoids and environmental stress worked together to synergistically release the 'brake' on the central amygdala, which in turn drove excessive anxiety," Patel explained.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026
Grandpa drove the team off to one side of the road and stopped them under a big sweet gum tree.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
In L.A., people trip and fall in droves and successfully sue the city for millions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The goofy, R-rated “Starship Troopers” famously tanked domestically among adults, but was a notable hit among teen boys, who sneaked into the flick in droves.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Unemployment hit double digits and the city’s residents left in droves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Their numbers increased exponentially as droves began "fleeing the Covid mess … on the East Coast and West Coast," says Mark Corner, president of Southwest Montana Realtors.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
They quit in droves, unable to accustom their bodies to the new pace of the age.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Cattle that have been two weeks at grass may, however, be safely droved.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
In a practice known as turkey droving, thousands of birds, some wearing tiny leather boots, were herded through fields and along rough roads on a three-month journey.
From BBC ● Dec. 24, 2025
The bridge across the River Rede was situated on a historic droving route used by farmers to move large numbers of sheep and cattle between England and Scotland.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2020
Gunbar, a dusty village with fewer than 100 people, is typical of the stops along the droving route of rutted, red dust roads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2014
I simply drove into the subject and when it comes to droving into a subject a Durante admits no peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cattle were very quiet after their long droving, and as I was returning to Cooktown with my empty waggon, I was enabled to break them in.
From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by W. H. (William Henry) Corfield
