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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Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
There was a huge social media backlash against Hogwarts Legacy, with droves of people asking others not to play it on account of J.K. Rowling’s beliefs and social media post.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Americans have returned to the cut in large droves, not just to honor the Irish artist, but also thanks to a recent high-profile cover of the tune by two major musicians.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
And although traffic quickly flowed out of the neighborhoods, cars were backed up for more than a mile because the lights getting onto the 5 Freeway were controlled by Caltrans, not Irvine, and couldn’t be programmed to accept the droves of cars coming from the northeast.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Axing droves of research isn’t like canceling a subscription, said Antoinette Flores, a former Education Department official in Washington, D.C., who uncovered the discrepancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2025
There was a huge social media backlash against Hogwarts Legacy, with droves of people asking others not to play it on account of J.K. Rowling’s beliefs and social media post.
—Callum Booth, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
Americans have returned to the cut in large droves, not just to honor the Irish artist, but also thanks to a recent high-profile cover of the tune by two major musicians.
—Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
And although traffic quickly flowed out of the neighborhoods, cars were backed up for more than a mile because the lights getting onto the 5 Freeway were controlled by Caltrans, not Irvine, and couldn’t be programmed to accept the droves of cars coming from the northeast.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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