serried

• Out from the beleaguered hills knights of Gondor, Riders of Rohan, Dúnedain of the North, close-serried companies, drove against their wavering foes, piercing the press with the thrust of bitter spears. —  The Lord of the Rings
• I can't speak for the serried ranks of opinion writers at —  newmatilda.com - Comments
• Lafayette's National Guard were approaching, and as the serried lines, advancing at the double, reached the Court of Marble, their drum-beats suddenly burst into a thunderous roll, and the Court, the staircase, and the halls were cleared of the cowardly rabble Such was the glorious defence of the Bodyguard. —  The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
• Our Teutonic fellow soldiers have already nailed their flag to the mast with the inscription No more tuberculosis after 1930 So much for the serried masses of the centre of our anti-tuberculosis army, upon which we depend for the heavy, mass fighting and the great frontal attacks. —  Preventable Diseases
• Flags and banners waved, and ribbons rippled that day in Bessarabia, for the serried legions of Russia marched in almost unending columns towards Ungheni, on the Roumanian frontier, and, after they had passed, the Emperor himself made for the same point with the Grand Duke Nicholas, and the Czarewitch, and General Ignatieff, and the Minister of War, and many other dignitaries of the empire, with a numerous and gorgeous staff The day was magnificent. —  In the Track of the Troops

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