serried

Example Sentences

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But it also became a leviathan that focused on one kind of restaurant – those with formal dining rooms, white tablecloths and serried ranks of waiters.

From The Guardian

Minor forms of folk art emerged in the disposition of these bones: serried ranks of femurs, their gleaming lines separated by rows of skulls, all turned eye sockets outward.

From The New Yorker

Washington was beginning to realize that he was not going to win the war with a grand assault against the serried ranks of redcoats.

From Washington Post

With its serried rows of horrible, spinning teeth, it ripped up the asphalt and spit it into a succession of dump trucks.

From Washington Post

Perhaps now is the perfect moment for you, your parents and grandparents, your friends and relatives to stand up, form yourselves into your serried ranks, gowns on and caps in hand ready to be tossed.

From Salon