1
: a group of animals driven or moving in a body
2
: a large number : crowd
—usually used in plural especially with in
came in droves
drove
2 of 2past tense of drive
Examples of drove in a Sentence
Noun
people flocked to the annual festival in droves
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Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Government workers were laid off in droves.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Instagram was their only way to get the word out, but that didn’t prevent AJ and Kristina from being overwhelmed at the support of the droves of people who would show up, clamoring for pasta.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Ciccone’s liner to left drove in Kylee Sabo (double) and Addison Skelly to start the scoring in the inning.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The loss of the mid-budget film has also been cited as one of the reasons why younger movie stars haven’t emerged in droves.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2026
Government workers were laid off in droves.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
Instagram was their only way to get the word out, but that didn’t prevent AJ and Kristina from being overwhelmed at the support of the droves of people who would show up, clamoring for pasta.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Ciccone’s liner to left drove in Kylee Sabo (double) and Addison Skelly to start the scoring in the inning.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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