Sentence examples for in close formation from inspiring English sources

And pigs might also fly in close formation.

Similarly, when combining two organizations, don't just let them fly in close formation.

Hoplite, heavily armed ancient Greek foot soldier whose function was to fight in close formation.

Mixed metaphors fly in close formation: "The slice of mankind that is lucky enough to dine at Daniel is certainly recharged by Boulud's exalted contribution".

You can't complete a section of the game without the sidekicks' accompanying you in close formation, and if one of them dies, the game ends.

He was also, of course, directly apprenticed to the military craft, using arms and maneuvering in close formation.

Whereas airplanes in close formations may be a metre or so apart, in a combat spread formation modern jet-engine fighters may be several hundred metres apart.

In such an approach, the tested objects (e.g., manipulators intended for on-orbit operations or vehicles simulating satellites in a close formation flight) are mounted on planar air-bearings that allow almost frictionless motion on a flat surface, thus simulating microgravity conditions in two dimensions.

This is noteworthy as also the GPS receivers on-board Swarm A and C, which fly in a close formation, experienced a number of tracking losses, most likely due to ionospheric scintillations.

The experienced Venetian navy attacked in a close formation known as "sea harbour" and together with their use of Greek fire "bombs", the Norman line scattered, and the Venetian fleet sailed into Dyrrhachium's harbour.

In particular for short wavelength SAR (e.g. X-band) over forested areas the SAR imaging needs to be carried out by two satellites going together in a close formation.