Sentence examples for tall shield from inspiring English sources

Look at his tremendous figure of St George — what formidable concentrated power there is in this vision of the perfect knight, protecting his people, poised in armour with his tall shield and his face full of keenness and energy.

The jouster, wearing only white clothing (like the rest of the crew), stands on a wooden platform (called a tintaine) that extends off the boat about 3m above the water, carrying a 70cm tall shield and a 2.8m lance with which to knock the opponent into the river or canal below.

A heavy infantry would need a tall shield that can be used to duck behind or cover their legs, head during the initial assault.

Appearances deceive: this lithe, slender protagonist packs a serious punch, able to take out swarms of well-armed men, even those protected by Teflon body armour and six-foot-tall shields.

So some of the poles stand tall, to shield the farmers from the crowds passing by on the sidewalk.

Moeur mentioned one example of the classic highway look "in the wild," as he calls it, on a stretch of Interstate 40 on the road into Flagstaff, Ariz.: "There it is, in big 16-inch letters and a 3-foot tall Interstate shield, on a sign 10 feet tall by 16 feet wide — 'I-40 WEST Los Angeles.' "That sense of possibility has always meant a lot to me," he says.

It results from a harmonious interplay of at least three natural conditions: the region's latitude is far enough south to dissipate the most severe North Pacific winter storms, a cooling layer of marine air moderates the summer sun, and the tall mountain ranges shield the region from potentially intense blasts of desert heat and cold.

The prelude to the war in Iraq attracted many eccentrics to Baghdad, among them a Russian photojournalist who wore a green paratrooper's outfit and a tall, blond human shield named Gordon Sloan, who was famous for having participated in the Australian version of "Big Brother".

Tall banana trees shield the delicate tiny blossoms of the cocoa tree from the sun.

In addition to firearms and fire lances, the Huolongjing also illustrates the tall, vertical, mobile shield used to hide and protect infantry gunmen, known as the "mysteriously moving phalanx-breaking fierce-flame sword-shield".

Some spectators cheered; others, afraid the drone might land on them, took shade next to tall maize plants, shielding their heads.