Phalange is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Phalange meaning
- Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”).
- Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”).
- Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
Using Phalange
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of phalanx (“group of soldiers, people etc.”). | Synonym of phalanx (“one of the bones of the finger or toe”). | Any of the joints of an insect's tarsus.
- In the example corpus, phalange often appears in combinations such as: the phalange, phalange to.
Context around Phalange
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phalange
- In this selection, "phalange" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, stronghold and increased stand out and add context to how "phalange" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include estimated the phalange to be and historically a phalange stronghold. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phalange" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phalange
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was agreed that the Phalange should go into the camps. (11 words)
They estimated the Phalange to be 5,000 when fully mobilized of whom 2,000 were full-time. (18 words)
The violence broke out after a convoy of dozens of vehicles carrying Aoun supporters drove into the town, which has been historically a Phalange stronghold. (25 words)
Concurrently, tension between Syria and Phalange increased Israeli support for the Maronite group and led to direct Israeli-Syrian exchanges in April 1981, leading to American diplomatic intervention. (28 words)
On the morning of Friday, 17 September, the Israeli Army surrounding Sabra and Shatila ordered the Phalange to halt their operation, concerned about reports of a massacre. (27 words)
The violence broke out after a convoy of dozens of vehicles carrying Aoun supporters drove into the town, which has been historically a Phalange stronghold. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
The violence broke out after a convoy of dozens of vehicles carrying Aoun supporters drove into the town, which has been historically a Phalange stronghold.
Concurrently, tension between Syria and Phalange increased Israeli support for the Maronite group and led to direct Israeli-Syrian exchanges in April 1981, leading to American diplomatic intervention.
It was agreed that the Phalange should go into the camps.
On the morning of Friday, 17 September, the Israeli Army surrounding Sabra and Shatila ordered the Phalange to halt their operation, concerned about reports of a massacre.
They estimated the Phalange to be 5,000 when fully mobilized of whom 2,000 were full-time.
Common combinations with phalange
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the phalange 3×
- phalange to 2×