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How to use phalanx in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Phalanx means an ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. Example: “Broad phalanx of cars across the bridge moving slowly through the streaming snow.”

Examples of phalanx by meaning

nounA large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.

  • Broad phalanx of cars across the bridge moving slowly through the streaming snow.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 331
  • There, the Paisleyites were being held back by another phalanx of soldiers and policemen.2007 May 6, Sean O'Hagan, “The day I thought would never come: This week, Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness will astonish those who...
  • For a short time the two phalanges of men faced each other at a distance apart.2009, Maria Nugent, “[In between] The second day”, in Captain Cook Was Here, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 58

More sentences with phalanx

  • Say hello to a phalanx of fellows whose phallophilia lies fallow on the hollow feather pillow.2020, Dominic Pettman, The Humid Condition, Punctum Books, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry phallophilia
  • But the GOP and its phalanxes were ready with a countermeme.2012 October 4, John Timpane, “Political polls ignite meme war between Democrats and Republicans”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer…. From the entry countermeme
  • A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131. From the entry lathi
  • The garden was afoam with starry white cosmos backed by the stately phalanx of the Prince’s Feather.1933, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 32, in Pat of Silver Bush, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart. From the entry afoam
  • The most common morphologic variant of the middle phalanx is brachymesophalangia, characterized by an abbreviated and occasionally broadened middle phalanx.2016, R. Shane Tubbs, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Marios Loukas, Bergman's Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation, John Wiley &…. From the entry brachymesophalangia
  • Next, a 1 cm longitudinal incision is created dorsally over the proximal shaft and metaphasis of the proximal phalanx.2012, Selene G. Parekh, Foot and Ankle Surgery, →ISBN, page 82. From the entry metaphasis
  • A minor little news scooplet that I let slip out in front of a phalanx of hungry New York media people.2008, Tiki Barber, Tiki: My Life in the Game and Beyond, page 14. From the entry scooplet
  • Suddenly Alexander formed the left front of the phalanx into a wedge (embolon) and charged the Dardanians on the nearest slopes.2001, N[icholas] G[eoffrey] L[emprière] Hammond with F[rank] W[illiam] Walbank, A History of Macedonia, volumes III (336–167 B.C.)…. From the entry embolon
  • On its left side the animal has a fractured scapula and radius and large fibriscesses in the ulna and the proximal thumb phalanx.2016 February 25, “Record-Breaking Pain: The Largest Number and Variety of Forelimb Bone Maladies in a Theropod Dinosaur”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry fibriscesses
  • A vast foyer leads to a pool area of knee-trembling tranquillity, an oasis of polished tiles and palm trees arranged in a swaying phalanx around an elegant infinity pool.2014, Jane Costello, The Time of Our Lives, →ISBN, page 55. From the entry knee-trembling
  • They also bring to mind stylish movie sets in precolor Hollywood; Fred and Ginger or a phalanx of Busby Berkeley dancers could easily drift among their mirrored, ethereal forms.2009 June 19, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times. From the entry precolor
  • Injuries, which seemed to be of an inconsequential nature, were often sustained, such as a sprained ankle, a dislocated phalanx, a twisted foot, a corked leg and so on.2006, Joseph N. Santamaria, The Education of Dr Joe, page 60. From the entry cork
  • Their influence waned in the early twentieth century but earlier they formed a phalanx of robust opposition to just about every proposal for government regulation of matters pertaining to railways.2023, David Brandon, The General Strike 1926: A New History, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 29. From the entry interest
  • The two shallower fibriscesses may represent lysis due to the spread of the infection that entered the phalanx at its presumed puncture wound, the deep fibriscess on the palmar surface.2016 February 25, “Record-Breaking Pain: The Largest Number and Variety of Forelimb Bone Maladies in a Theropod Dinosaur”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry shallow
  • It was not only the brilliant phalanx of virtuous dowagers, generals and academicians with whom he was most intimately associated that Swann so cynically compelled to serve him as panders.1992, Moncrieff/Kilmartin/Enright, translating Marcel Proust, Swann’s Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 190. From the entry pander

Meaning of phalanx

  1. noun An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.
  2. noun A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose.
  3. noun A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery.

Full definition of phalanx

Questions about phalanx in a sentence

How do you use phalanx in a sentence?
Phalanx is used as a noun. For example: “Broad phalanx of cars across the bridge moving slowly through the streaming snow.”
What is a short sentence with phalanx?
“But the GOP and its phalanxes were ready with a countermeme.”
What does phalanx mean?
Phalanx means an ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears.

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