serried
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- serriedly adverb
- serriedness noun
- unserried adjective
Etymology
Origin of serried
Example Sentences
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The halves hang on clothes hangers in serried ranks, like clothes at a dry cleaners.
From Washington Post
“The old Barnes & Noble was serried ranks of bookshelves, most sections arranged A to Z by author,” Daunt says.
From Los Angeles Times
At an exhibition of science fiction art, Nicholls observes “serried ranks of fantasy pictures, nearly unbelievably imaginative in exactly the same kitschy way as each other.”
From Washington Post
There are serried ranks of wives and lovers and misfits and buttinskies and assorted hangers-on.
From New York Times
Across town, the faces of dead soldiers stare out in serried ranks from the walls of St Michael's Cathedral in a memorial that stretches for almost 100m.
From BBC
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