How to Use phalanx in a Sentence

phalanx

noun

• A solid phalanx of armed guards stood in front of the castle.
• She had to go through a phalanx of television cameras.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• This was a phalanx of protection, a way to consecrate and protect the place he was raised.
  — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
• The phalanx of invaders then touched down on the hairs in their nostrils or deep in the sinuses and upper airways.
  — Brendan Borrell, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2021
• The first time Robert Chody stood before a phalanx of television cameras was in 2001.
  — USA Today, 13 Oct. 2020
• Trump floated the idea of having a phalanx of National Guard troops protect him on the walk, but that too was shot down.
  — Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2022
• Biden has a phalanx of security and a trailing brigade of press.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• There obviously has to be a phalanx of buyers that will buy for Saks Off Fifth.
  — Walter Loeb, Forbes, 23 June 2021
• In the Netherlands, a phalanx of bakeries have gone out of business since the end of summer as energy costs have soared.
  — Liz Alderman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Oct. 2022
• Today’s phalanx of measures builds on a weaker set of sanctions put in place when Russia seized the Crimea in 2014.
  — Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• For decades, Tablas Creek has been part of the phalanx in the lead of wine industry efforts to go easy on the earth on both farming and winemaking fronts.
  — Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2022
• On a sunny if chilly morning, a phalanx of media lined the street across from the supermarket.
  — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
• Instead, ordinary Afghans see a bristling phalanx of T-walls that turn the city’s streets into canyons of concrete.
  — Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2021
• Breathing on his own, he was wheeled out through a phalanx of cheering hospital staffers.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 23 June 2020
• At noon, when the rally was to start, a phalanx of some 100 state troopers in neon yellow jackets over dark pants lined the Capitol steps and sidewalks.
  — Liz Sawyer, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
• The Heart Ring is designed to be worn around the fingertip or phalanx, and goes perfectly with the matching Heart Earrings.
  — Angela Lei, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2022
• The far-right protesters were held in check by a phalanx of armed anti-fascists dressed in black and sporting rainbow flags.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 25 Nov. 2022
• Spacey then walked through a phalanx of photographers and camera crews lined up all the way from the court entrance to a waiting car, which whisked the actor away.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 June 2022
• Instead, a phalanx of F.B.I. agents took them into custody.
  — New York Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• On Friday, she was greeted by a phalanx of cameras and her support team who encircled her in a hug.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 15 Apr. 2023
• But McAuliffe has marshalled support from a phalanx of Black mayors and legislators from across the state.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024