The phrase "as shield" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of using something as a protective barrier, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "He stood before her as shield against the storm."
Alternatives: "as protection" or "as a barrier."
Phoebe pursued by sharp-shinned hawk used Brewster's body as shield in eluding hawk.
They are more secure who have as shield an idea — the idea of the law.
For them, that was the difference -- the law as shield, not knife.
"The Option as Shield in a Shaky Market" (Feb. 4) exhibited in neon the plus of buying options but dimmed out the minus.
Parallel slits and various kinds of reshaping help suppress eddy related EM loads in massive parts such as shield blocks and first wall panels.
316LN has been widely applied in the design of ITER components, such as shield blanket and gravity supports, due to its excellent corrosion resistance and high strength.
It wasn't quite as dramatic as Sporting's injury-time winner the week before (McInerney still found time to pick up a card for time-wasting a few minutes after his 88th minute intervention), but it suggested a few drawbacks to the Sporting-as-Shield-favorites theory.
He is "a mythical figure from the medieval imagination, depicted in art and literature far into the 16th century," Barbara Giesicke and Mylene Ruoss write in a catalog essay: "The Wild Man's popularity as shield-bearer was essentially based on the symbolism of his strength and drive for freedom".
Ba4Ga4SnSe12 can be used as shielding material from UV radiations.
The insurgents regularly use civilians as shields, children as spotters and women as food suppliers.
Women sat in separate bleachers, many under umbrellas as shields against the sunny heat.
