Sentence examples for vulnerable shell from inspiring English sources

Merton noted the danger of taking one's "vulnerable shell" as his true identity, taking the mask as one's own true face, and protecting "it with fabrication even at the cost of violating one's own truths".

The barbettes that housed the main gun turrets were armored with between 4 10 in (102 254 mm) of armor; the side portions more vulnerable to shell fire were thicker, while the front and rear sections of the barbette, which were less likely to be hit, received thinner armor to save weight.

Tskhinvali is on a small patch of flat land surrounded by highlands held by Georgians, leaving it vulnerable to shelling, Ms. Frichova said.

These thin bulkheads left the end magazines very vulnerable to shells fired from bearings in front of or behind the ship.

Some 50 years ago Rachel Carson heroically highlighted how our use of DDT had led to thinner, more vulnerable egg shells in our bald eagle, peregrine falcon, osprey, and other species.

Rebels have pushed Government forces 25 km east to Dafniya, and have retaken the airport in the south, so the city is no longer vulnerable to shelling.

He's vulnerable beneath his hard shell.

However, the electrons delocalized in CdS shell are vulnerable to trap from surface defects or surrounding medium, lead to low fluorescence quantum yield.

The organisation was set up to protect vulnerable workers in the shell fish, agriculture, food and food packaging labour markets but MPs and academics are campaigning for it to be given more powers.

Salt attracts moisture and makes shells more vulnerable to Bynesian decay.

British battlecruisers in particular suffered heavy losses at Jutland, where their light armour made them very vulnerable to large-caliber shells.