1
a
: a political subdivision of central Asian nomads
b
: a people or tribe of nomadic life
2
: a large unorganized group of individuals : a teeming crowd or throng
hordes of peasants
Examples of horde in a Sentence
A horde of tourists entered the museum.
Hordes of reporters were shouting questions.
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Forty-four years ago today, people who were already afraid of cities got the scare of their lives with the release of Escape From New York, John Carpenter's carceral fantasy starring an eyepatch-wearing Kurt Russell doing battle against anarchic hordes in a chaotic urban environment.
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Now, the bulldozer is coming for the fortress-like Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Dr., which in its heyday had a giant Virgin music store that drew celebrity visits, hordes of IMAX moviegoers, and customers swarming the stores day and night.
—Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
There's a whole horde of cheap and/or forgettable zombie movies, but these 25—whether their budgets were in the tens of thousands or tens of millions—are the ones that have resisted decay and stood the test of time.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Boyle’s film actually opens during the first outbreak, following a horrified family in the Scottish Highlands who are all (including many women and children) overtaken by the early zombie hordes.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
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Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 10 July 2025
Now, the bulldozer is coming for the fortress-like Shops at Sunset Place, 5701 Sunset Dr., which in its heyday had a giant Virgin music store that drew celebrity visits, hordes of IMAX moviegoers, and customers swarming the stores day and night.
—Miami Herald, 8 July 2025
There's a whole horde of cheap and/or forgettable zombie movies, but these 25—whether their budgets were in the tens of thousands or tens of millions—are the ones that have resisted decay and stood the test of time.
—James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Boyle’s film actually opens during the first outbreak, following a horrified family in the Scottish Highlands who are all (including many women and children) overtaken by the early zombie hordes.
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for horde
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“Horde.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horde. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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