How to Use phalanx in a Sentence

phalanx

noun
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  • A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.
  • She had to go through a phalanx of television cameras.
  • China’s stink bug phalanxes might not be quite so sci-fi in their killing.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 20 June 2019
  • And if that wall were a little bit higher, the Infiniti’s phalanx of sensors would’ve hit the brakes.
    — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2018
  • Smiling broadly, Netanyahu faced a phalanx of cameras in the courthouse before the session got under way.
    — NBC News, 16 June 2019
  • Norcross has hired a phalanx of high-powered attorneys who have filed a lawsuit challenging the task force’s authority.
    — Nancy Solomon, ProPublica, 4 June 2019
  • The far-right rallygoers marched in the middle of the street, surrounded by a phalanx of police, while counter-protesters heckled them from the sidewalks on either side.
    — Samuel Chamberlain, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2018
  • At that moment, Fernando Tatis Jr. was facing a phalanx of media and talking about his return to the major leagues.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2019
  • Eventually, a phalanx of heavily armored federal riot police came jogging down the road to reinforce them, and the crowd moved on.
    — Paul Schemm, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2018
  • However, for the world’s most stylish (and famous) faces, being greeted by a phalanx of photographers upon arrival (or departure) is par for the course.
    — Edward Barsamian, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Chambers is part of a phalanx of veterans advocating for recognition of cannabis as a safe and effective painkiller to relieve the mental aches and physical wounds of war.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 July 2018
  • Their study focused on how much the head of the metatarsal protrudes toward the top of the foot, sticking out above the shaft of the bone like a dome, at the joint with the phalanx (one of the bones that makes up the toes) at the base of the toe.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 15 Aug. 2018
  • His driver — Mickelson hit only two fairways the final round — bounced off a hospitality tent, well left of the fairway and behind a phalanx of trees that blocked his path to the green.
    — Eddie Pells, The Denver Post, 7 June 2019
  • Gwyneth gamely sat down at the Simon G. ear-piercing station and got not one but two new ones before a phalanx of professional and amateur photographers.
    — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Even so, a phalanx of top golfers have aligned with LIV.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • We were supposed to be the phalanx in the war against Donald J. Trump.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Three of the other Krapina talons and the phalanx show cut marks.
    — David W. Frayer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
  • The three of them formed a phalanx of dark coats waving hello.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • But Nike’s money and phalanx of lawyers were not enough.
    — oregonlive, 6 Oct. 2019
  • Now, Lutnick stood at the head of a phalanx of Cantor staff who had come to meet White.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • And the campaign’s lawyers brought in a phalanx of Trump-savvy outside lawyers prepared to crush.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 23 May 2024
  • From its platforms a phalanx of sleek white high-speed trains, known as AVEs, streak across Spain.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020
  • When the time comes to go small, the team can do that, too, using that phalanx of rangy forwards and either Zion or Rudy at the five.
    — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • The officers formed a phalanx in a crosswalk, blocking off the street.
    — Victor Luckerson, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2020
  • From there you’re guided to a dining room where a phalanx of staff stands ready for action.
    — al, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Gaon’s front yard and its debris were long shrouded in a phalanx of tall plants, bushes and large trees.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Instead of the family singing the last song, a triumphant phalanx of clergy and Hitler Youth did so.
    — The Economist, 28 Jan. 2020
  • This was a phalanx of protection, a way to consecrate and protect the place he was raised.
    — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Hur was the lone witness in the packed hearing room, sitting at a long table facing a phalanx of photographers and House members.
    — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
  • To propel this agenda, Trump’s team is eager to install a phalanx of political appointees right away.
    — Jon D. Michaels, Foreign Affairs, 10 June 2024

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