- plural of horde.
hordes
Example Sentences
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That night, a million hushed “sorry!’s” could be heard throughout the auditorium as hordes of alternatively inclined women — because there were mostly women — flattened themselves to move through their row.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Well-heeled travelers are splurging to avoid hordes and hassles inside the airport.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Scotland will play Morocco in the city later and afterwards the hordes of fans that have called the city home for the past week or so are expected to head to Florida.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
Whether or not hordes of international fans will take over I-95 on foot to get to the stadium is another question entirely.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Mr. McElroy in world history, who announced that we were going to start by studying the barbarian hordes of western Russia, and then looked at me.
From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt
