Preposition: of

• police: A phalanx of riot police spread out in front of us, holding nozzles and gas tanks.

• bodyguard: And no matter how large the phalanx of bodyguards you bring, Joel, we will always outnumber you.

• finger: Management of this injury 35, XR of a Salter Harris II # of proximal phalanx of little finger.

• man: The tuna arrive in great haste, drawn together like a phalanx of men who march in rank.

• thumb: Loss of terminal phalanx of thumb 20 Amputation cases - lower limbs 18.

Converse of object

• have: I no longer teach, but I have a phalanx of former pupils keen to come and help when it gets busy here!

• need: The march was cut short and needed a huge police phalanx to get it through the eerily deserted streets of Lewisham.

Adjective modifier

• proximal: Management of this injury 35, XR of a Salter Harris II # of proximal phalanx of little finger.

• distal: Release of the FDL tendon from the distal phalanx may produce a marginal improvement in results.

• middle: These x-ray views also reveal rare condylar fractures of the middle phalanx.

• solid: All the time the dance and chant are kept up, the solid phalanx facing toward the enemy.

• whole: On the other side of the hill, Hippocrates arranged his whole phalanx 8 deep, with the cavalry split on each wing.

• third: The astragalus was whole but only 10 % remained of the vertebrae and of the third phalanx.

Noun used with modifier

• police: The march was cut short and needed a huge police phalanx to get it through the eerily deserted streets of Lewisham.