in droves: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKgeneralidiomaticinformalneutral
    • In large numbers; in great crowds or masses.

    Examples

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    • Fans showed up in droves to see the famous singer perform live in the city square.

      Fans showed up in droves to see the famous singer perform live in the city square.

    • During the festival, tourists arrived in droves, filling every hotel and restaurant.

      During the festival, tourists arrived in droves, filling every hotel and restaurant.

    • When the new smartphone was released, customers queued in droves outside the stores at midnight.

      When the new smartphone was released, customers queued in droves outside the stores at midnight.

Examples:

  • EN: Women come after me in droves but I don't flatter myself that ..
    ES: A mí me persiguen las mujeres en grupo y...
  • EN: They come after you in droves?
    ES: ¿Le persiguen en grupo?
  • EN: Women .. come ..after you .. in droves?
    ES: Las mujeres le persiguen en grupo.
  • EN: Yes, women come after me in droves.
    ES: - Sí, me persiguen en grupo.
  • EN: I don't want to hear any more "women come at you in droves".
    ES: Pero... - Es un engreído.
  • EN: I'll say he's finished, he keeps them away in droves.
    ES: Yo diría que estás acabado, acabado del todo.
  • EN: He has been waiting, as he so fancifully puts it for them to come marching here in droves.
    ES: Ha estado esperando, tal como lo plantea caprichosamente que marchen sobre la ciudad en oleadas.
  • EN: And they are all coming up to me in droves... amazed by me, questioning me... who I am, where I come from, whether I...
    ES: Y se me acercan todos en manada, me miran atónitos y me interrogan, quién soy, de dónde vengo y si...
  • EN: Just a pause for breath until people die in droves again.
    ES: solo una pausa para tomar aliento hasta que la gente muera en tropel otra vez
  • EN: People are arriving in droves.
    ES: No deja de llegar gente.
  • EN: Women come after me in droves but I don't flatter myself that ..
    ES: A mí me persiguen las mujeres en grupo y...
  • EN: They come after you in droves?
    ES: ¿Le persiguen en grupo?
  • EN: Women .. come ..after you .. in droves?
    ES: Las mujeres le persiguen en grupo.
  • EN: Yes, women come after me in droves.
    ES: - Sí, me persiguen en grupo.
  • EN: I don't want to hear any more "women come at you in droves".
    ES: Pero... - Es un engreído.
  • EN: I'll say he's finished, he keeps them away in droves.
    ES: Yo diría que estás acabado, acabado del todo.
  • EN: He has been waiting, as he so fancifully puts it for them to come marching here in droves.
    ES: Ha estado esperando, tal como lo plantea caprichosamente que marchen sobre la ciudad en oleadas.
  • EN: And they are all coming up to me in droves... amazed by me, questioning me... who I am, where I come from, whether I...
    ES: Y se me acercan todos en manada, me miran atónitos y me interrogan, quién soy, de dónde vengo y si...
  • EN: Just a pause for breath until people die in droves again.
    ES: solo una pausa para tomar aliento hasta que la gente muera en tropel otra vez
  • EN: People are arriving in droves.
    ES: No deja de llegar gente.
  • EN: The suspects began to arrive at headquarters in droves.
    ES: Los sospechosos comenzaron a llegar a la central en cantidades.
  • EN: Before, I would fix you up in droves.
    ES: Antes te las arreglabas de maravilla.
  • EN: They feel the same way about my hospital so they stay away in droves.
    ES: Piensan lo mismo de la clínica. Así que se alejan del rebaño.
  • EN: Young people came in droves from the nearby colleges-
    ES: Multitudes de jóvenes llegaban de las universidades cercanas:
  • EN: They're coming down from the north in droves.
    ES: Vienen del norte en manadas.

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