Sentence examples for shield at a from inspiring English sources

He spent weeks as a human shield at a grain silo that he feared would be the target of American bombing.

Corrie, who was born in Olympia, Washington, travelled to Gaza to act as a human shield at a moment of intense conflict between the Israeli military and the Palestinians.

Delphine Minoui, a correspondent for the French newspaper Le Figaro, reported visiting a hair salon whose owner alternately praised or criticized Qaddafi — depending on the client — and then turned up as a voluntary human shield at a rally in the Qaddafi compound.

Critics contend that Mr. Rumsfeld and Mr. Bush's other top advisers have exaggerated the military challenges facing the United States and that he is arguing for a missile shield at a time when, at least numerically, the missile threat has lessened.

PC Andrew Ott struck William Horner with his riot shield at a tuition fees protest in London in 2010.

When the lander jettisons its heat shield at a 1-kilometer altitude, data transmission switches from an antenna on the shield to one on the lander.

Or, if not a shield, at least a way to say: Hey, we did this big crazy thing called childbirth and we can't wear regular underwear for a while!

Stimuli were presented with a Panasonic PT D7700E-K video projector (refresh rate 60 Hz) to a backprojection screen inside the magnetically shielded at a distance of 1 m from the eyes of the subject.

It was not clear whether someone from the Bronx prosecutor's office or from the Police Department is suspected of directly aiding Ms. Troiano by calling in a favor, or "if she made her position in law enforcement clear to the officers," said the official, who did not know if Ms. Troiano was carrying a shield at the time — a common practice.

Depicting the goddess in armor, the severed head of Medusa on her chest, a shield at her side, a giant snake — the symbol of Athens' mythic kings — at her feet, and a six-foot-high winged victory in her right hand, this prodigy was the work of Phidias, a close friend of Pericles and the greatest artist of the day, who, according to some sources, oversaw the entire Acropolis project.

First, Bastion in turret form acquires a big shield at the front but a newly vulnerable point on his back – which any flanking character can take advantage of.