phalanx
noun
(in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
phalanxes
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pluralof phalanx.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the past, insurers have deployed phalanxes of angry seniors and run large-scale ad campaigns, including a commercial during the Super Bowl.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2025
About 9 a.m., she said, phalanxes of masked agents in tactical vests sealed off the sprawling compound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
As the group approached the Louvre, participants were ambushed by phalanxes of armor-clad riot officers who had hidden near the colonnades of the nearby Comédie Française.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
If England would introduce these phalanxes, her labour would become so productive that she could pay off her national debt in six months by the sale of hens' eggs.
From British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker
