knight in shining armor

noun phrase

1

: a man who behaves in a very brave way

The firefighter who rescued us was our knight in shining armor.

2

: a man who is the perfect romantic partner for a woman

She is still waiting for her knight in shining armor.

Examples of knight in shining armor in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As new research from Which?, the U.K. consumer champion association, shows one particular type of brand impersonation scam spiking as the 2024 holiday season fast approaches, Gmail could be your unlikely virtual knight in shining armor. —Davey Winder, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024

If not, a lady can continue to look for her knight in shining armor elsewhere, and Single By Choice will perhaps have made a friend. —R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2024

Things don't go as planned, and the gang encounters ghosts as well as a knight in shining armor. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024

Chappell Roan is your favorite knight in shining armor's favorite knight in shining armor. —Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024

Should tensions spiral, Russia would not emerge as Iran’s knight in shining armor. —Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 15 July 2024

The package also showed a knight in shining armor and season 6’s Banana Split (David Foster and Katharine McPhee). —Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024

Her modern-day knight in shining armor, Steve Edison (Matthew McConaughey), comes to her rescue by, well, shoving her out of the way. —Cristina Everett, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2024

The TikTok sensation wore angel wings while her boyfriend was a true knight in shining armor. —Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023