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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Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Parts of Idaho, and Ada County, have been losing droves of farmland in the past several decades, in part because the area’s intense growth has driven demand for property that has been turned into housing or commercial development.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Ward’s hit in the sixth drove in his 96th run of the season.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Latin Americans — and particularly Colombians — have responded to Kyiv’s call in droves.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Another piece that droves of shoppers are adding to their fall closets?
—Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Parts of Idaho, and Ada County, have been losing droves of farmland in the past several decades, in part because the area’s intense growth has driven demand for property that has been turned into housing or commercial development.
—Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Ward’s hit in the sixth drove in his 96th run of the season.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Latin Americans — and particularly Colombians — have responded to Kyiv’s call in droves.
—Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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