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
• 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
• Biden has a phalanx of security and a trailing brigade of press.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
• He was arrested amid a phalanx of law enforcement, including a SWAT team and helicopter.
  — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024