in droves

idiom

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

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Females are turning out in droves to see the third installment in the long-dormant franchise about a group of thieving magicians, buying up 54 percent of all tickets sold so far. Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 15 Nov. 2025 Democrats can either win elections or continue to mansplain intersectionality to the young male swing voters who have fled our party in droves. Joe Jacobson, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Nov. 2025 Women stopped using hormones in droves. Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025 Apparently, her new MAGA fanbase didn’t show up in droves to see a biopic about a lesbian professional boxer who overcomes domestic violence to live her truth. Jack Dunn, Variety, 11 Nov. 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 Nov. 2025.

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