| The general snapped his fingers twice, and the soldiers formed up into a dense phalanx. |
| If you prefer the modern, industrialised phalanx of grey and fuscous brown, then I refer you to Eamon McCann in the Belfast Telegraph. |
| He and his fatuous phalanx have made it clear that they're out to make certification much harder and decertification very much easier. |
| The armies deployed conventionally, in the centre a phalanx of pike-armed heavy infantry flanked on both sides by cavalry. |
| A number of media outlets are cutting back on the size of their traditional phalanx of reporters covering the event. |
| When he came out on the street, a phalanx of helmeted police with nightsticks out were marching towards him. |
