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
• Gino filed in with a phalanx of counsel and sat alone, in the second row of the gallery.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024
• 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
• One end of it is connected to the base of the phalanges, while the other is connected to the heel.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 12 July 2024
• 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
• But a phalanx of activists dressed in dark clothes, with their faces concealed, held their ground.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
• 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
• Rod Laver didn't have the benefit of NetJets and a phalanx of coaches and on-site masseuses.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
• 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
• The barbed wire fences and phalanx of soldiers haven’t kept the speculators away.
  — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
• The caution goes against a phalanx of investors who are betting the bank rally will last.
  — Bess Levin, The Hive, 22 Feb. 2017
• 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
• China’s stink bug phalanxes might not be quite so sci-fi in their killing.
  — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 20 June 2019
• 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
• The front segments of each chain replicate the phalanges (toe bones) while the segments behind them replicate the metatarsal bones (which run from the base of each toe back to the heel).
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 12 July 2024
• All of a sudden, this phalanx of skinheads came running through the front doors and were never seen or heard from again.
  — Steve Knopper, GQ, 16 Jan. 2018
• 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
• 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
• With that decision came risk, and that risk was illustrated on day 1, shooting in a quarry where a phalanx of paparazzi was perched up above on a hillside.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 July 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024