How to Use stampede in a Sentence

stampede

1 of 2 noun

• The cause of the stampede has not yet been established.
  — Angus Watson, CNN, 1 Jan. 2022
• The crowd was packed so tightly that some feared a stampede.
  — Dake Kang and Huizhong Wu, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Dec. 2022
• Over 4 million people have made the switch, and the stampede hasn’t stopped.
  — William Arruda, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• Who fans died in a stampede shortly after the doors opened.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2022
• The humans had to be careful not to cause a stampede themselves.
  — The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
• The Heat then unleashed a 13-0 stampede to start the second quarter.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
• There are two main reasons for the mad stampede off the plane – and both are terrible.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Israeli military has said that most of the people died in a stampede and that some were run over by the trucks.
  — Anushka Patil, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
• The women of the town are ready with a warm welcome and stampede to make appointments with Dr. Hayek.
  — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 20 July 2022
• Overview There's a loud stampede coming at us from the other side of that sandy dune.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 18 Apr. 2023
• Running back Aaron Jones scored on the first play of the quarter, a nifty 15-yard touchdown run that opened the door for the Packers stampede.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
• The cause of their deaths is still unknown, but officials have ruled out a stampede.
  — New York Times, 10 July 2022
• But, at least for now, her team has been insulated from the stampede and the uproar.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2022
• The blaze triggers a frenzied stampede of forest dwellers across the road as the fire encroaches.
  — Joshua Alston, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
• In all, about two dozen people were hurt, mostly during the stampede when shots rang out.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 5 July 2022
• Before the stampede of tweens rounded the track, Coach Matthew Moore explained the goals of Monday’s practice.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2023
• Israel reports a lower death toll and alleges many of those killed were run over by trucks or died in the stampede.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024
• Later, the Israeli Army said that its troops had felt threatened, and that some Palestinians died in a stampede.
  — Zaina Arafat, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Rams started their stampede by going on a 10-play, 52-yard drive that was capped off by an Odell Beckham touchdown grab on a fade route.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2022
• That said, what happened was a race-to-withdrawal, equivalent to a stampede, which would have brought any bank to its knees.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• Most of the deaths and injuries resulted from smoke inhalation and the stampede, Egypt’s Health Ministry said.
  — Nada Rashwan, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
• The obscure squirrel stampede is known to at least some residents.
  — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2022
• Two dozen others were injured by gunfire and at least 18 others were hurt in the stampede that followed.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2024
• Choi Seong-beom, chief of Seoul’s Yongsan fire department, said most of the victims in the stampede Saturday night were people in their late teens and 20s.
  — Stella Kim, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2022
• The attack comes roughly two months after a stampede at a Nigerian church fair killed 31 in late March.
  — Fox News, 5 June 2022
• The research firm attributes the surge in sign-ups to consumers’ stampede online during the pandemic.
  — Spencer Soper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2022
• Among the 12 people injured, 10 suffered gunshot wounds, and two were injured in the stampede that followed the gunfire inside the mall.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2022
• The police force’s methods set off a stampede that culminated in the deaths of 125 people, one of the worst disasters in the history of the sport.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Oct. 2022
• The police force’s methods set off a stampede that culminated in the deaths of 125 people — one of the worst disasters in the history of the sport.
  — Sui-Lee Wee, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2022
• Neither rain nor shine stopped the crowds from coming; nor did the occasional stampede.
  — Stephanie Gorton, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2023

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stampede

2 of 2 verb

• The gunshot stampeded the cattle.
• People stampeded to the exits.
• Don’t worry, that’s not the sound of stampeding elephants — the Cubs just won.
  — Ben Meyerson, RedEye Chicago, 27 Apr. 2018
• There’s a rather surprising and very lethal threat stampeding from the south.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• The dugout empties, the rest of the team stampedes to shallow left field to find the hero and hug him or tackle him or tear at his jersey.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2019
• The next hurdle was to protect the crops from stampeding elephants.
  — Kate Cunningham, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Jan. 2017
• The dressing room doors opened and here came the media horde, stampeding across the carpet toward the faraway stall.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 6 May 2018
• The local legend is the light from the tin cans blinded horses on the street who would stampede into neighbors’ yards.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2022
• But Eleanor, for goodness sake, don’t let anyone stampede you.
  — Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
• Teams did not exactly stampede to sign him this spring.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 20 July 2023
• Female fans lost their minds, shrieking and stampeding to get closer to the stage for a better glimpse of the youngest Jonas Brother.
  — Kelli Skye Fadroski, Orange County Register, 30 Apr. 2017
• The vessels incited stampedes down store aisles and sold out in minutes.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2024
• The animals are easily spooked and can stampede in an attempt to reach the safety of the water.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2022
• There are rampaging Ohms, mountainous bugs that stampede across the desert like the sandworms in Dune.
  — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 19 Nov. 2020
• One method was to place swaths of carpet in train stations where thousands of people would stampede over them each day.
  — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
• Avalanches stampede down granite walls, taking trees and rocks with them that choke roads.
  — Brian Melley, The Seattle Times, 15 June 2017
• In Colorado, wild horses stampede on land so dry that dust billows up at the slightest touch.
  — Susan Goldberg, National Geographic, 9 Dec. 2021
• The insurrectionists had tried to stampede through the Capitol’s doors on Jan. 6.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2021
• The subplots keep stampeding past before a viewer has a chance to corral them.
  — Hank Stuever, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2018
• As a series of angry storms has stampeded through South Texas over the last week, there's been talk of tornados.
  — Marc Duvoisin, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2023
• View Photos Top speed may be the Diablo's big claim to fame, but this bull is most at home stampeding the twisties.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 1 Aug. 2023
• Expect wine buffs to stampede to Robinson’s new tasting room at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
  — Essence, 22 July 2022
• If startled by a polar bear, airplane or hunter, the herd stampedes into the safety of the ocean and young animals are crushed.
  — Dan Joling, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Aug. 2019
• Sometimes the levels change—a herd of enemies will come stampeding at you or all the pipes will start wriggling around like worms.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Enquirer covered The Who concert tragedy forty years ago after fans broke the gate to the arena and a crowd of thousands stampeded towards the stage.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• This is where tribes would stampede bison off cliffs, a unique hunting style that ended only 200 years ago.
  — Ali Wunderman, Star Tribune, 21 May 2021
• The crowd stampedes were believed to have started when people began running and knocked over a vendor’s tent.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
• Mary looked outside the window and saw a herd of kids stampeding from the court toward the apartment buildings, running for cover.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland.com, 4 Jan. 2018
• But my travails paled when compared to the fate of 12 million refugees stampeded by civil war in Syria.
  — John Stanmeyer, National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2017
• Watch out for metro Detroiters stampeding to the grocery store.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024