1
a
: a political subdivision of central Asian nomads
b
: a people or tribe of nomadic life
2
: a large unorganized group of individuals : a teeming crowd or throng
hordes of peasants
Examples of horde in a Sentence
A horde of tourists entered the museum.
Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.
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Massive family holidays – usually celebrated by a horde of relatives piling into one home – became smaller and grimmer, Natascha said.
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
That has been burning in the minds of both the growing horde that is the Logged-Off community, those whose algorithms never picked up on the artist, and millennials who recognize fewer artists on a festival lineup as the years march ever forward.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Try to squeeze in on a weekday when the hordes will be slightly diminished.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the craze of the postgame field madness that comes with beating an NFC East rival for the first time in eight attempts, a horde of cameras had to decide which players to follow around in the madness.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
That has been burning in the minds of both the growing horde that is the Logged-Off community, those whose algorithms never picked up on the artist, and millennials who recognize fewer artists on a festival lineup as the years march ever forward.
—Zoe Guy, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Try to squeeze in on a weekday when the hordes will be slightly diminished.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
In the craze of the postgame field madness that comes with beating an NFC East rival for the first time in eight attempts, a horde of cameras had to decide which players to follow around in the madness.
—Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Horde.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horde. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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