How to Use in droves in a Sentence
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It’s been killing birds in droves, both those on farms and in the wild.
— Andrew Joseph, STAT, 11 Aug. 2023 -
That came out in droves as New York fell to Minnesota by the score of 23-17 across the pond.
— Vincent Frank, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Over the last few months, these blue blobs have been washing up on shores in droves.
— Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024 -
Sure enough, Swifties were entering the chat in droves.
— Niha Masih, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 -
At the height of the pandemic, the richest New Yorkers left in droves.
— Stefanos Chen, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023 -
Read on to see what items our readers are buying in droves this month.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023 -
Read on to see what items our readers are buying in droves this month.
— Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024 -
People were dying from Covid in droves, and the world was stricken with fear.
— Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Shoppers are buying it in droves, as it’s been bought more than 400 times this month.
— Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 11 Aug. 2024 -
Otherwise, why would movie stars be flocking to the small screen in droves?
— Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2024 -
Stars came out in droves for Saint Laurent’s spring 2024 runway in Paris tonight.
— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023 -
The sons of liberal parents, meanwhile, left the game in droves.
— Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024 -
Sky watchers will show up in droves, snarling traffic to don Eclipse glasses and look up as the sun turns black.
— Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024 -
Cold-loving fish, like Atlantic salmon, flocked to this stretch of water in droves.
— TIME, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Each week brought a new adventure in a new city, and audiences tuned in in droves.
— Andrew Dalton, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023 -
So far, workers are not losing their jobs in droves because of such tools.
— Bysteve Mollman, Fortune, 25 Feb. 2023 -
That has all come out in droves over the course of the Seahawks’ first two games under new head coach Mike Macdonald.
— Vincent Frank, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 -
With more than 2,700 five-star ratings, shoppers are flocking to the jean jacket in droves.
— Jamie Allison Sanders, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2023 -
Athena Linos mentioned that people had turned up in droves with food and clothes for the survivors of the Adriana shipwreck.
— Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 -
Then diners arrived in droves to chow down on crab legs and prime rib while marveling at panoramic views of the city.
— Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Teachers are quitting in droves over stagnant salaries and burnout.
— Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2024 -
On the flip side, young rich Americans are fleeing states with high living costs in droves.
— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024 -
And, once summer comes along, travelers will arrive in the City of Lights in droves to hopefully catch a glimpse of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
— Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 3 Jan. 2024 -
And Disney fans love to show up in droves donning their football best for the occasion.
— Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2024 -
Add to this, post-Covid-19 burnout has physicians and nurses leaving the medical field in droves.
— Dr. Ali Tinazli, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023 -
The pandemic sent customers to drive-thrus in droves and some have kept the habit, contributing to slower drive-thru times.
— Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 17 June 2023 -
Bemused users were directed in droves to a post written by Ramses about the API protests.
— Paresh Dave, WIRED, 14 Mar. 2024 -
The hatch brings fly fisherman to the river in droves each year, but Brooks and TU worry that a rare-earth mine in the headwaters could change that.
— Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 8 May 2024 -
Quartz’s Britney Nguyen has more on where young workers could be applying to in droves.
— Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 17 July 2024 -
Williams and Ohanian were just a few of the A-List celebrities who came out in droves to Paris for the opening ceremony.
— Julie Mazziotta, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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