How to Use hoard in a Sentence

hoard

1 of 2 noun

• The irate hoard again attacked the Greyhound bus with bats and tire irons.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2021
• But the majority of the 300 coins in the hoard were missing.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 May 2023
• Boats and farms and hoards of tourists flourish in a place where water used to be scarce.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
• And, in this huge new hoard of letters, how many are addressed to Haynes?
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
• So the Tahoe is a big box capable of hauling the hoard from your big box store runs.
  — Brett Berk, Good Housekeeping, 4 Apr. 2023
• In the recent past, at least, its cash hoard was roughly as large as its debts.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• The owner of the hoard buried it in a terra-cotta pot, which served as a sort of piggy bank.
  — Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 1 May 2023
• But what if the hoard, as Bennett asked in her lecture, has more agency than that?
  — Morgan Meis, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
• So the hoard of 425 gold coins was stowed in a clay jar, its lid secured with a nail, and stashed in the sands of what is now central Israel.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2020
• At Prada, hoards of chicks were sliding their credit cards across the counter.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 7 July 2023
• Even with a hoard of cap space, Stone must be a careful buyer this summer.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 20 Apr. 2023
• Berkshire’s cash hoard also grew to a record $157.2 billion.
  — Alan Murray, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2023
• The largest hoard is undoubtedly that of the Sultan of Brunei and his brother Prince Jefri.
  — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2023
• Don’t expect a hoard of people to be standing in line on Black Friday.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021
• In a 1953 draft will that Campos found in the archives, Truman advised his wife, Bess, of a hoard of cash in a safe deposit box.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
• If offered any money for the hoard, the young metal detectorist plans to split the proceeds with the field’s owner.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Nov. 2021
• Some of the cars are modified, many remain original and, unlike many hoards of this size, there’s not a junker in the bunch.
  — Fox News, 31 Mar. 2020
• Team USA ended Sunday with a hoard of medals, taking a commanding lead in the medal count.
  — oregonlive, 17 July 2022
• But those deals are peanuts compared with what Apple might soon us its $28 billion cash hoard to nab.
  — Mike Ozanian, Forbes, 5 July 2022
• Then, when the frog wakes, its body redistributes this hoard of red blood cells within mere seconds.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 5 Jan. 2023
• The entire hoard is smooth-faced with no discernable images.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2023
• The French, for instance, are returning their hoard of Benin bronzes, some from the 16th century, to present-day Nigeria.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 4 Jan. 2020
• Art experts have warned the hoard could be lost forever if the items are broken up and gemstones removed for sale.
  — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2019
• Everyone hoards, even during the best of times, without even thinking about it.
  — Stephanie Preston, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2020
• The entire hoard was covered with in 4,300 diamonds in total.
  — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 16 May 2023
• The spread of the novel coronavirus has spurred panicked shoppers to hoard, of all things, toilet paper.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2020
• For a gear nerd with my own small hoard of guitars, the results have proven nothing short of astonishing.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 22 Jan. 2023
• This decision will inform the next steps for the hoard's future.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• These sweet and savory recipe are a great way to use up your hoard—and keep you warm on a chilly snow day.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
• Except there was simply no more ignoring the hoard of junk my father had amassed in this tiny house.
  — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025

hoard

2 of 2 verb

• Program members would hoard points to save up for the splurge.
  — Len Covello, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
• The beast in Beowulf flew, flung fire, and hoarded treasure.
  — Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
• Give it to neighbors or teachers of friends or hoard it all for yourself.
  — Jessie Sheehan, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022
• Attendees at the AmEx event won’t get to hoard their impressions of the show to themselves for long, though.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Oct. 2023
• Dad has been hoarding Get Out of Jail Free cards for several turns.
  — Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2023
• Until then, keep in mind that the Devil’s close to perfect; eat your apricots, hoard your guns, and chase the lightning.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 24 Jan. 2023
• The presence of marginalised people in the master’s house doesn’t change the system of hoarding power over others.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 6 Nov. 2023
• And cities like Boston hoard not just money and jobs, but influence.
  — Kara Miller, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
• Jennifer and Jordan Turpin said their mother would buy children’s clothes, games and toys, but hoard them.
  — Christina Ng, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2021
• However, there should be more than enough of the good stuff to supply the world in 2023, as long as people don’t start hoarding bottles.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Some hoard it and offer paid access back to us or just sell it wholesale to data brokers.
  — Barath Raghavan, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2023
• Analysts warned that the turmoil could lead to a run on Russian banks, as savers try to secure their deposits and hoard cash.
  — Mark Thompson, CNN, 28 Feb. 2022
• As the richest men in the world continue to hoard their wealth, a question arises: Is there such a thing as a moral male billionaire?
  — Eli Grober, The New Yorker, 26 May 2022
• Fortunately the country cannot hoard any more gas as its caverns are bursting at the seems along with those in the rest of Europe.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2022
• His obsession was money—making it, hoarding it, wheedling it out of all and sundry.
  — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2023
• The presence of marginalized people in the master’s house doesn’t change the system of hoarding power over others.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 1 Nov. 2023
• They were handed out so freely that a shopper had no reason to hoard them—there would always be more for their next shopping trip.
  — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2023
• Of course, the big question is which variants will be big problems and which ones will make people hoard toilet paper again.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2021
• Unlike the dragons of European myth, these do not hoard treasure, cannot breathe fire, and, lacking wings, cannot fly.
  — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, 30 May 2022
• In 2021, merchants began to hoard stuff like sugar, flour, and cooking gas cylinders.
  — Quartz, 3 May 2022
• Humans are naturally hard-wired to hoard calories in case of famine (one that, in my case, never comes).
  — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 22 May 2021
• That doesn’t mean hoard toilet paper tissue and hide out in your toilet paper teepee.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 June 2021
• Connected teams who trust each other will achieve more than teams who hoard away knowledge.
  — John Estafanous, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• He’s been living inside my phone as an avatar for a potential short story about hoarding for the bad times ahead.
  — Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• At this stage, businesses shouldn’t hoard their findings.
  — Michael Ashley, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
• The once grand building is collapsing under the weight of centuries of evil and, more recently, decades of hoarding.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• But in truth, hoarding is a far deeper, more intractable disorder than that.
  — By Michael Roizen, M.d., and Mehmet Oz, M.d., Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• There’s the temptation to hoard data without having a clear reason why.
  — Manish Mistry, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Taxes should be progressive, simple and fair, keeping money in the hands of those who create wealth, not those who hoard it.
  — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
• But the sports world hoarded the glory of Robey for only so long.
  — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026