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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The slightest crack in the door, the slightest chink in the armor.
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Danielle Pergament,
Allure,
14 Dec. 2023
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Then, the men walk around the tank, patting its chunky green armor.
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Andrew E. Kramer,
BostonGlobe.com,
1 Mar. 2023
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Like, that’s sort of her armor and her way to survive in life.
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Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2024
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The idea was to demonstrate the new system, called Kavach, or armor.
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Alex Travelli,
New York Times,
4 June 2023
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Sir, the police dog, was wearing body armor but was hit by the shot.
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Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Aug. 2023
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But the new silos will be closer to the surface and will have less armor.
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Abe Streep,
Scientific American,
10 Nov. 2023
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The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI’s field office in Cincinnati.
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Anchorage Daily News,
20 Aug. 2022
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The next day, an armed man clad in body armor sought to breach the FBI's field office in Cincinnati.
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BostonGlobe.com,
20 Aug. 2022
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Knives, guns in the form of pistols and rifles, bear spray, body armor, spears.
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NBC News,
3 July 2022
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There are swords with their sheaths and small brass cannons and armor made with carabao horns.
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Kayla Samoy,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Oct. 2022
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Black horse-braid knots ran up and down her arms like the suckers of a cephalopod, or spikes of armor.
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Leah Dolan,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2024
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According to a statement from the Suns, the turquoise uniforms will serve as the team’s suit of armor.
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Debra Utacia Krol,
The Arizona Republic,
11 Nov. 2022
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And that this time, there will be no armed leftists in body armor to stop what happens.
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Will Carless,
USA Today,
31 Dec. 2022
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The steel armor along its frontal arc is just 70 millimeters thick.
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David Axe,
Forbes,
6 May 2023
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Everyone keeps looking for a hole in the Black and Gold armor, but there isn’t one.
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Christopher L. Gasper,
BostonGlobe.com,
21 Jan. 2023
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Santana, whose game face is a thing of beauty and armor, makes her way toward the men.
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Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2024
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But getting a laser to punch through the armor of a tank is a distinct and challenging task.
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Kelsey D. Atherton,
Popular Science,
2 May 2023
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Apron: Outset's leather Grill Apron from Wayfair is the perfect armor for a long day at the grill.
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Erin Cavoto,
Country Living,
12 May 2022
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Deputies discovered body armor, $5,000 in cash, nine guns of which some were stolen and drugs.
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Elizabeth Heckman,
Fox News,
18 Aug. 2022
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Rodriguez wields a battle axe, while Page has a dagger, a sword and a heavy suit of armor.
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J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
20 July 2022
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Adorn a suit of armor and vanquish someone else dressed as a dragon, that sort of thing.
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Longreads,
16 Sep. 2022
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Clad in camouflage body armor and blue jeans, Buryak flagged down a van.
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Reis Thebault,
Washington Post,
16 July 2022
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Fashion was my armor, and fall and winter styles year-round served as my safe haven.
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Frances Solá-Santiago,
refinery29.com,
12 July 2022
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With all that in mind, Iron Man’s wits, brains, and armor can certainly come in handy one more time.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
19 Oct. 2022
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Species like Ankylosaurus were covered from snout to tail in armor.
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Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Mar. 2023
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Part of the appeal, too, is that the armor gives her a chance to perform without showing any markers of her identity.
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Jillian Steinhauer,
Vulture,
13 Dec. 2024
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For all its hugeness and energy-weaponized body armor, Murderbot is a softie.
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Meghan Herbst,
WIRED,
26 Nov. 2024
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