Phalanx in a sentence

These are the distal phalanx, carrying the nail, the middle phalanx, and the proximal phalanx.

Mutants proved to be resistant to the Phalanx’s T/O virus, and so the X-Men were the perfect team to defend Earth from Phalanx invasion and consumption.

Human hands contain fourteen digital bones, also called phalanges, or phalanx bones : two in the thumb (the thumb has no middle phalanx) and three in each of the four fingers.

Prepared to face the Frankish phalanx, the Muslims were totally unprepared to face a mixed force of heavy cavalry and infantry in a phalanx.

The deep flexor attaches to the distal phalanx, and the superficial flexor attaches to the middle phalanx.

The Macedonian phalanx was very different from the Hoplite phalanx of the Greek states to the South.

The terminal phalanx, with the claw attached, folds back in the forefoot into a sheath by the outer side of the middle phalanx of the digit, and is retained in this position when at rest by a strong elastic ligament.

Unlike the earlier Macedonian phalanx, which fought in the harsh climatic and geographic conditions of the East, vastly outnumbered but always victorious, the later phalanx had now a very fragile cohesion.

While the proximal phalanx is curved, the distal pollical phalanx is of human proportions and has thus been associated with toolmaking, but should probably be associated with grasping abilities useful for tree-climbing in this context.

A phalanx of tradespeople and artisans preserve and restore the historic edifices, antique furniture and hundreds of pieces of priceless artwork.

Holga brutalizes a phalanx of guards while Ed -- in true Jack Burton fashion -- can't get out of the ropes binding his arms.

Injuries suffered by the girl include a fracture to her left distal ulna, the partial amputation of the left distal phalanx, loss of muscle tissue, lacerations, contusions and scarring, according to the suit.

Just as Owen had succeeded the Rappites (followers of ) and their community in Harmony to create New Harmony, so did Warren gather the remaining families of the Clermont Phalanx to organize a new equity community in Utopia.

Last week, Lightfoot stood before a phalanx of television cameras to offer a rare public apology.

Nearly three years after the mass protests, rioting, looting and arson following the police murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis is ready for the next emergency, Mayor Jacob Frey and a phalanx of city officials said Thursday.

The ancient Greeks, especially the Athenians, used the formation of massed infantry standing very close together, all joined as one giant fighting unit called the phalanx.

The Greek phalanx was comprised of about twenty thousand men with a force of roughly six thousand Tarentine hoplites who also contributed to the infantry battle line.

Their execs hide behind a phalanx of Pollyannaish flacks who can’t be trusted with the truth.

Wine, wine everywhere: bottles stacked on bottles, crowding every spare surface space, taking every inch of unclaimed countertop, packed like sardines between the tables, layered like a phalanx three soldiers deep atop the bar.

A phalanx of administration officials constantly insists that the president is sharp, spry, on top of it, slowed by age but well oiled with wisdom.