| More than 30,000 troops have been massed in the region backed by 23 naval vessels, warplanes, tanks, armoured vehicles and artillery. |
| In the Clipper era, there were no cramped or massed rows of seats so common aboard today's jet airliners. |
| The massed ranks of punks all echoing back, ' yes, we're all individuals ' in identical boots, combats, studded leathers. |
| From whooping theremins to massed strings and synths, music furnishes our future dreams. |
| Perversely, the massed violins, violas and cellos can sometimes sound uncannily like a lone synthesiser. |
| During this performance the assembled pipers and drummers will play together in one massed pipe band. |
