Sentence examples for shield which is from inspiring English sources

The Sahara sits atop the African Shield, which is composed of heavily folded and denuded Precambrian rocks.

The report could erode support for the administration's proposed missile shield, which is also facing technological hurdles.

It agreed to the deployment of parts of NATO's antimissile shield, which is meant to neutralize a supposed Iranian missile threat.

This method uses a steel-plate cylinder, or shield, which is driven into the earth by powerful jacks at its back edge while men remove the rock and the dirt in the middle.

For instance, the Himalayas have been thrust onto the crust of the Indian shield, which is underlain by particularly cold, thick lithosphere that has been flexed down by the weight of the high range.

He shared a beer at a tailgate party after Columbus clinched the Supporters' Shield, which is awarded to the Major League Soccer team with the best record, and met his wife there.

The dikes radiate from the northwestern corner of the shield, which was flooded by mantle-derived lava.

"I think FX was defined by 'The Shield,' which was a testosterone-laden show, and they continue to be a testosterone-laden network.

Odysseus turns up with some girly presents plus a spear and shield, which are immediately seized by the warrior, who thus reveals himself.

"The Shield," which was created by Shawn Ryan, moves at a fast clip — it's the metabolic opposite of "Without a Trace" — and its stimulating speed and grittiness force you, against your better judgment, into cahoots with the charismatic Mackey.

In Benghazi in July an Islamist militia called the Libyan Shield, which was supposedly working for the government, opened fire on demonstrators protesting against its misrule and killed 31 of them.