Sentence examples for against blows from inspiring English sources

(2) They contract against blows to form a rigid protective wall for the viscera.

Prizefighters have generally objected to such suggestions, arguing that headgear would make fighting yet more dangerous because it causes a boxer to be less vigilant about guarding the head against blows but cannot make the blows less damaging overall.

But Branch cited concussion studies, safety rules in youth hockey and the N.F.L.'s practice of tightening rules against blows to the head as influences for the Ontario league's stricter standards.

"He had everything that I like in a person and in sportsmen: character, openness and the courage to fight against blows.

Not much, at least against blows to the side of the head, according to a study that will be presented at an upcoming meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.

They employ expert sign painters & insure the sign against blowing down.

As Mr Paulson concedes, better regulation is no guarantee against blow-ups "every five or ten years".

On Sunday, 28 October, 1962, the Cold War military lunatics of Russia and America finally decided against blowing up most of the world.

Two women wore the abaya all the way to New York, and some found it had the advantages of helping them fit in and protecting against blowing sand.

This one features fiendishly funky Roland percussion set against blown-out bass kicks, topped with scratching rougher than low-grade sandpaper.

While many seeders would argue that the idea of owning a basket of small managers enables you to protect against blow ups, one advantage of large managers is that they have withstood the test of time.