in droves

idiom

: in large quantities
People came in droves to hear her sing.

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Viewers responded in droves to ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live in September, and not positively. Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025 In October, mountain bikers come out in droves to compete in the Life Time Big Sugar Classic, a mountain bike and gravel race on the city’s famous trail systems. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Oct. 2025 Most recently, his historical epic Kira & El Gin, which played in IFFR’s 2023 edition, became the biggest financial success in Egyptian cinema history at the time of its release, bringing post-pandemic audiences back to theatres in droves. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025 The regulars showed up in droves. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in droves

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“In droves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20droves. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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