Synonyms of herded

herded

verb

past tense of herd

as in drove

to urge, push, or force onward

the guards briskly herded us through the museum in order to prevent overcrowding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drove
• ran
• punched
• shepherded
• whipped
• prodded
• pressed
• hounded
• goaded
• spurred
• exhorted
• wrangled
• prompted
• pricked
• flogged
• egged
• scourged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of herded

Even the process by which animals are herded onto the trucks is often highly stressful, with frightened animals pushed, prodded, pulled, and otherwise handled roughly. — Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 24 Oct. 2026

Playwright Kira Rockwell was inspired by online videos of eager people herded outside fast-food restaurants to get a year of free sandwiches. — Joshua Cole, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

Migrant workers were herded onto buses, boats and planes and sent to Mexico. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Few fishing experiences rival the rush of easing close to hundreds of seabirds swooping and diving on baitfish being herded and mauled by a school of slashing striped bass. — Ken Perrotte, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026

Irish and Scottish laborers moved to the West to work on railroads, while Mexican vaqueros herded cattle on the open range. — Ted Olson, The Conversation, 2 July 2026

Cattle are herded in a stable on June 05, 2026 in Hamilton, Texas. — Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 2 July 2026

Just after midnight, guests were herded into Grainger Sky Theater with the promise of a surprise. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026

In a sense that’s true, as rather than continually being reinvested in Destiny, the profits were used for bizarre projects like a sprawling HQ in the COVID era, or herded into too many other incubation projects. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026