Sentence examples for thick hide from inspiring English sources
A thick hide protects the aardvark from insect bites and stings.
He has always been that way, but the abuse added an even thicker layer to an already thick hide.
From our beginnings in the playground we all, with varying degrees of success, learn to develop a thick hide.
They wore armor made of scales of iron sewn to garments of thick hide, and iron helmets that sometimes came to a point on top.
The trees are also extremely hard to kill off with fire – a thick hide of bark protects the living tissue within.
Most have developed thick hides.
Mr. Hasan uses a technique once deployed to soften and shape the thick hides for medieval body armor; in a photo on his Web site, he wears a smithy's apron.
Even those that survived looked emaciated, their bones visible through the thick hides that usually cover the layers of blubber so essential for the 11,000-mile annual journey from Alaska to Mexico and back.
Their lances struck but failed to penetrate the thick hides covering their shields and the combatants wheeled and charged again, this time striking one another on their helms.
For example, thick hides may prevent inoculation during a bite and small body size may reduce the likelihood of surviving an encounter with a larger, rabid animal.
