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.
  • The three of them formed a phalanx of dark coats waving hello.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2020
  • China’s stink bug phalanxes might not be quite so sci-fi in their killing.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 20 June 2019
  • Most of the team walked back to the locker room in front of a vocal phalanx of fans.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 9 Mar. 2025
  • But a phalanx of activists dressed in dark clothes, with their faces concealed, held their ground.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 July 2017
  • Three of the other Krapina talons and the phalanx show cut marks.
    — David W. Frayer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2022
  • They would be escorted by police, who formed a phalanx around them.
    — Rj Wolcott, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Wolff, with her blond bob and easy warmth, is usually in the thick of a phalanx of wide-eyed young fans.
    — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2026
  • From there you’re guided to a dining room where a phalanx of staff stands ready for action.
    — al, 27 Dec. 2022
  • The pigeon’s hind toe, also called the hallux, has two bones, or phalanges.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • 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
  • The caution goes against a phalanx of investors who are betting the bank rally will last.
    — Bess Levin, The Hive, 22 Feb. 2017
  • Biden has a phalanx of security and a trailing brigade of press.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2020
  • The officers formed a phalanx in a crosswalk, blocking off the street.
    — Victor Luckerson, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The barbed wire fences and phalanx of soldiers haven’t kept the speculators away.
    — Victoria Kim, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • Limbs are quickly assembled from shoulders and hips down to the phalanges.
    — Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • This was a phalanx of protection, a way to consecrate and protect the place he was raised.
    — New York Times, 31 Aug. 2021
  • As the council members filed out, a phalanx of police officers lined the dais.
    — Dale Kasler, Tony Bizjak, Nashelly Chavez and Hudson Sangree, sacbee, 28 Mar. 2018
  • One to my left, part of the phalanx of bulletproof advisers, is Brent.
    — David Velasco, Harpers Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Her other painting shows the president walking through a phalanx of flags.
    — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 rain, along with a phalanx of firefighters, wasn’t enough to stop the inferno that resulted.
    — Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • From its platforms a phalanx of sleek white high-speed trains, known as AVEs, streak across Spain.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2020

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