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.
  • That amounts to a chink in the Padres’ armor.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2026
  • Our ideas about the armor and spikes have their own issues.
    — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That’s the missing chink in the armor right now.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Oct. 2025
  • And if not, some base coaches might seek body armor.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Just to get this out of the way up front, power armor is mecha.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Assume this song's about you and grow some armor.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Like, that’s sort of her armor and her way to survive in life.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • Clothing is like armor against the world.
    — Essence, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The two deputies near the door wore black body armor over their uniforms.
    — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • The bio-andy was flung off its feet, the light armor turning rigid.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 26 June 2026
  • Then, the men walk around the tank, patting its chunky green armor.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Bridges needed all of that armor.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
  • There are swords with their sheaths and small brass cannons and armor made with carabao horns.
    — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • My blazer and dress shoes felt like an old suit of armor in need of oiling.
    — Washington Post, 17 June 2021
  • The chink the armor is the pitching staff at least numbers-wise.
    — Jeff Metcalfe, The Arizona Republic, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The slightest crack in the door, the slightest chink in the armor.
    — Danielle Pergament, Allure, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Sir, the police dog, was wearing body armor but was hit by the shot.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Dunk is still wearing his armor in the third novella, though.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the agents were masked, wore armor and carried rifles.
    — Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2025
  • At the first sound of trouble, both men were rushed out as agents in heavy armor swarmed the stage.
    — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Melodic jazz plays as a samurai slices through the mecha’s armor.
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 27 Apr. 2021
  • And that this time, there will be no armed leftists in body armor to stop what happens.
    — Will Carless, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • But the new silos will be closer to the surface and will have less armor.
    — Abe Streep, Scientific American, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Vuitton created a dress with a leather armor on top and sheer skirt.
    — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • The dopey armor truck guard is the kind of guy that panics under pressure.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025

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