Sentence examples for be a shield from inspiring English sources

"That badge is supposed to be a shield, not a sword," Wilson said.

'Mine was fine - very nice.' There are moments when his Englishness can be a shield.

But sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit one murder.

"We cannot allow diplomatic paralysis to be a shield for the perpetrators of these crimes," he said.

He said he hoped the treaty would be a shield against aggression and the fear of aggression.

"Sovereignty cannot be a shield for tyrants to commit wanton murder, or an excuse for the international community to turn a blind eye to slaughter," he said.

It is a shield against annihilation.

But it was a shield as well as a vulnerability.

It is a shield and a sword and a crown.

In their case, ideology has been a shield.

But what they wanted most was a shield.