The rank and file begins to question the ability of its leaders.

Their ranks began to swell as the fleeing Muslims returned.

At their command, ranks of soldiers began slogging up the slope.

Their rear ranks began to fall in upon themselves under the relentless pressure.

The black ranks wavered in their march, stopped, and began to fidget.

The front ranks, so fierce only a minute before, began to disengage and fall back.

In the 18th century, the original nine ranks began to be filled by more than one person per rank.

The ranks of Trojans began to murmur until the sound built into a roar.

However, as the old ranks begin to die, people are able to change.

For a moment, it looked as if some balance had been reached, then the ranks of Guardsmen began to slowly bend.