All 9 Uses of
horde
in
The House of Hades
- Frank wasn't sure what scared him more: shaggy-cow monsters, hordes of restless ghosts, or going somewhere alone with Nico di Angelo.†
p. 124.1 *hordes = large numbers
- Horatius, the Roman general, had single-handedly held off a horde of invaders, sacrificing himself on that bridge to keep the barbarians from crossing the Tiber.†
p. 145.7horde = a large number
- The horde of arai wailed, flapping their leathery wings and stirring up clouds of blackness.†
p. 413.1
- He gazed around him at the horde of monsters.†
p. 459.6
- Suddenly the Doors of Death were in plain view—a freestanding rectangle of darkness at the top of the next heart-muscle hill, about a quarter mile away, surrounded by a horde of monsters so thick Percy could've walked on their heads all the way across.†
p. 462.1
- Percy gazed at the endless horde of monsters.†
p. 467.0
- Hordes of monsters stirred and jostled one another, but none of them came forward.†
p. 471.2hordes = large numbers
- She was dimly aware of the army of monsters swirling around her, but after their initial roar of triumph, the horde had fallen silent.†
p. 516.8horde = a large number
- A plume of bright-green gas billowed across the top of the monstrous horde like the spray from a poison riot hose.†
p. 524.4
Definition:
a very large number -- typically of people, animals, or insects on the move