How to Use armor in a Sentence
armor
noun- The shots penetrated the tank's armor.
- The armadillo's armor consists of a series of small, bony plates.
- The officers are required to wear bulletproof body armor.
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Fashion was my armor, and fall and winter styles year-round served as my safe haven.
— Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 12 July 2022 -
Knives, guns in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears.
— NBC News, 3 July 2022 -
Skif is a regular human being, so the only way to improve is to equip stronger body armor, find better weapons, and buy upgrades for them.
— Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024 -
This time around, Baymax is putting down his superhero armor to help the citizens of his city with all of their bumps, bruises, and ailments.
— Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 June 2022 -
This prevented Russian forces from massing armor for major attacks and turned the hunters into the hunted.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2022 -
This seems like an odd honorific, as historically esquires or squires were either young men who helped knights with their armor or low-ranking nobles.
— Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2022 -
Burtka opted for the likeness of Poseidon the god of the sea, carrying a trident and wearing shelled armor.
— Hannah Sacks, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Top it off with customized Mandalorian armor and helmet.
— Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 24 June 2022 -
According to the 911 audio, the caller stated that Durham carried a gun and wore a body armor often.
— Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022 -
The slightest crack in the door, the slightest chink in the armor.
— Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Then, the men walk around the tank, patting its chunky green armor.
— Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023 -
Like, that’s sort of her armor and her way to survive in life.
— Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024 -
The idea was to demonstrate the new system, called Kavach, or armor.
— Alex Travelli, New York Times, 4 June 2023 -
Sir, the police dog, was wearing body armor but was hit by the shot.
— Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023 -
But the new silos will be closer to the surface and will have less armor.
— Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023 -
The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati.
— Anchorage Daily News, 20 Aug. 2022 -
The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI's field office in Cincinnati.
— BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022 -
There are swords with their sheaths and small brass cannons and armor made with carabao horns.
— Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022 -
Black horse-braid knots ran up and down her arms like the suckers of a cephalopod, or spikes of armor.
— Leah Dolan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024 -
According to a statement from the Suns, the turquoise uniforms will serve as the team’s suit of armor.
— Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022 -
And that this time, there will be no armed leftists in body armor to stop what happens.
— Will Carless, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2022 -
The steel armor along its frontal arc is just 70 millimeters thick.
— David Axe, Forbes, 6 May 2023 -
Everyone keeps looking for a hole in the Black and Gold armor, but there isn’t one.
— Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023 -
Santana, whose game face is a thing of beauty and armor, makes her way toward the men.
— Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 23 Jan. 2024 -
But getting a laser to punch through the armor of a tank is a distinct and challenging task.
— Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 2 May 2023 -
Deputies discovered body armor, $5,000 in cash, nine guns of which some were stolen and drugs.
— Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 18 Aug. 2022 -
Rodriguez wields a battle axe, while Page has a dagger, a sword and a heavy suit of armor.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 20 July 2022
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