Droves

In like manner he commanded the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying: Speak ye the same words to Esau, when ye find him. And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.

And Esau said: What are the droves that I met? He answered: That I might find favour before my lord.

Doctors were quitting smoking in droves.

Tourists are out in droves in the city centre.

Birds began flying away in droves.

They epitomize the romance of the Australian Outback but sheep shearers are deserting the job in droves, sending the country's wool industry into crisis.

The seagulls left in droves.

The shoppers clamored in droves.