in hoards
Frequency: 4.00.5 per million words
Describes the manner in which things are found or kept, i.e., in collected groups.
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- Gold coins have been found in hoards in many parts of the country.
- Historical artifacts were discovered in large hoards beneath the old city.
- The squirrels gathered nuts in huge hoards for the winter.
- Old letters and photographs were stored in dusty hoards in the attic.
- Valuable jewels were hidden in secret hoards during the war.
- The ancient tribe kept their food supplies in secure hoards.
- Archaeologists often unearth pottery fragments in significant hoards.
- Many treasures were recovered in unexpected hoards from the sunken ship.
- They found prehistoric tools in small hoards near the riverbed.
- The children collected seashells in various hoards along the beach.