Example sentences for: droves

How can you use “droves” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In Britain, the London Evening Standard reported that British scientists were "coming forward in droves" to claim fatherhood of the impotence drug Viagra after two members of Pfizer's British research team had been recognized as its inventors by the British Patent Office.

  • Parents are abandoning the PTA in droves for groups that are more local and hard-hitting, says a report . The PTA's reformist mandate--it pioneered libraries, hot lunches, and kindergartens--has degenerated into mere boosterism.

  • Also, a stunning overhead photo depicts droves of worshipers at Mecca.

  • According to the New York Times (building on earlier reports from WABC and the Columbia Journalism Review ), Dalmatians are being abandoned in droves.

  • Sure, online investing is more populist and easily accessible than panning for gold or high-risk bond trading, but you make it sound as if droves of us are abandoning steady salaries for a home office, a modem, and a bunch of trading accounts.


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