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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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
The slogan signified a resistance toward outside investors looking to buy up the droves of suddenly buildable lots.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The facility has long been plagued with chronic understaffing, high rates of drug overdoses and deaths, and droves of lawsuits.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Apr. 2025
As droves of tourists continue to flock to Spain for European summer vacations, the nation’s emergency responders are dealing with the aftermath of a violent wave of flash flooding in nearly half of the country’s 50 provinces.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
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Noun
The sensational trial, now entering its fifth week of testimony, has attracted droves of curious men and women to Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse in New York, where many watch proceedings from an overflow room monitored by court officers.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
The slogan signified a resistance toward outside investors looking to buy up the droves of suddenly buildable lots.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025
The facility has long been plagued with chronic understaffing, high rates of drug overdoses and deaths, and droves of lawsuits.
—Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Apr. 2025
As droves of tourists continue to flock to Spain for European summer vacations, the nation’s emergency responders are dealing with the aftermath of a violent wave of flash flooding in nearly half of the country’s 50 provinces.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
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“Drove.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drove. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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