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Example sentences for "solid column"

  • Having formed their line, they approached slowly and steadily, chiefly in solid column (1), to the contest.

  • In solid column, a strong division marched toward one of the most imposing of the Totonac temples.

  • In solid column, with their long spears bristling in all directions, and clad in coats of mail which protected a great part of their bodies from both arrow and spear, they plunged desperately into the dense masses of the enemy.

  • The retreating Colonists were almost immediately under the protection of the line already braced in solid column, and standing to the charge[7] ready for the expected pursuers.

  • Accordingly his troops were concentrated in a solid column, and marched directly toward the falls, entirely disregarding the petty annoyances which had already detained them so ingloriously in the Peninsula.

  • By a prompt evolution, his battalions of foot were wheeled into a solid column of attack on the northern side of the stream, while the mounted Cavaliers were stationed as a reserve on the right.

  • The infantry being drawn up in a solid column, and our cavalry formed in bodies of five, we proceeded to the attack.

  • We accordingly passed the river in a solid column at the ford, which reached our armpits, and where we lost one of our cavalry.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "solid column" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    better than; certain specified; chief town; country church; fear and; feeble health; five children; kind word; many great; pay him; seven cases; solid bodies; solid column; solid crust; solid form; solid foundation; solid ground; solid mass; solid matter; solid rock; solid silver; solid stone; solid substance; then fell; when the time came; wise enough