- present participle of hoard.
hoarding
Example Sentences
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In fact, he was quietly hoarding tons of them—they were just in a part of the draft where no one was paying attention.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The government has blamed lower sugarcane production linked to reduced rainfall during El Niño, hoarding and tighter global supplies after adverse weather hit other major producers.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
This week, some supermarkets in Tehran temporarily ran out of cooking oil and rice as shoppers scooped them for hoarding, residents said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
While you don’t have any control over point devaluation, you can protect yourself by spending your points and not hoarding them.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Actually he had two unused ones which he was hoarding up.
From "1984" by George Orwell
