phalanx

How To Use phalanx In A Sentence

• As the phalanx of furious, excited inmates came sweeping into the servery, Jerrold recognised his danger. THE SCAR
• Pushing forth, he jabbed the head of the weapon into the greaves of the incoming phalanx.
• In a war, each soldier generally fought for himself and the phalanx was rarely presented.
• Occasionally the fifth digit has only one crease because of a small middle phalanx.
• There you have a whole phalanx of state-owned media, which are mainly ‘self-governing’ in the sense that they have their own boards and bosses, and it is only really State House which they have to worry about overruling them.
• The general snapped his fingers twice, and the soldiers formed up into a dense phalanx.
• A whole phalanx of major entertainment industry players have put themselves on the line to get this telefilm made.
• In 1844 the organization was converted into a Fourieristic phalanx, which had an unsuccessful existence of a few brief months. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
• -- This muscle flexes the second phalanx on the first, the first on the metacarpus, and the entire foot on the forearm. Diseases of the Horse's Foot
• So the other day I left to go to my garage at 9am and there was a whole phalanx of photographers camped out. Times, Sunday Times