Emily V. Gordon

In my professional and personal life, when I meet people who feel broken after a divorce, they can usually be divided into two categories: those who truly believe there's something wrong with them, and those that are using their status as armor.

American Writer

Kriti Kharbanda

I was always one of those people who thought my love life would be dramatic - a knight in shining armour would take me away on his horse. I was that girl; I'm still that girl. What better way to live that life than being an actor?

Indian Model

Brene Brown

Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us.

American Author

Taylor Swift

I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.

American Singer

Theo James

Everybody has a bit of body armor they wear to protect themselves, and love is about trying to break it down. You have to see who a person really is and connect with her to break that armor.

English Actor

Tara Stiles

When we have built up armor against all the bad things we think might happen in the world, we have a false sense of protection and have only built up isolation.

American Model

Hugh Sidey

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

American Journalist

Nigel Rees

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

British Author

Geert Wilders

I'm very thankful to live in a country where the government provides my protection - many police and armored cars and safe houses and things like that.

Dutch Politician

Anna Kaiser

Fashion is really our armor in the world.

American Businesswoman

Used often in historical or fantasy settings related to warfare.

Combat Context

Implies thorough protection, as in covering the body, usually metal for humans.

Physical Protection

Modern uses may refer to protective gear for various activities (sports, police).

Modern Uses

Used to describe natural protective features of organisms, not artificial.

Biology Term

For animals and plants, it's part of their body structure, not something they wear.

Not Clothing

Describes personal qualities that act as a defense mechanism, not physical items.

Metaphorical Use

Can be used to convey one's means of emotional defense.

Emotional Context

Armouring can involve any form of reinforcement or covering, not just traditional metal.

Not Just Metal

Suggests actively preparing something (or oneself) for protection.

Preparation Aspect

 These are the sorts of messages I've been inundated with my entire Always keep your hands where they can see them, don't move too quickly, take off your hood when the sun goes down. My parents raised me and my siblings in an armor of advice, an ocean of alarm bells so someone wouldn't steal the breath from our lungs, so that they wouldn't make a memory of this skin.

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 Insect exoskeletons also work like body armor, protecting insects against the outside world and helping them cope with habitats that other creatures can't. Even their small size, which we might see as a disadvantage, is something they use to their benefit.

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 To understand how this towering formation was born, we have to peer deep into our planet's crust, where continental plates collide. The Earth's surface is like an armadillo's armor. Pieces of crust constantly move over, under, and around each other.

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 but unfortunately, our teeth aren't. While each human tooth is coated in a hardy, protective layer of enamel, it's no match for acid. That degrades the armor over time, leaching away its calcium minerals.

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 pangolins are the world's only truly scaly mammals their scales just like human fingernails are made from keratin but this remarkable natural armor is the cause of their destruction

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 you're a liar and you're a cheat where was my knight in shining armor where was my hero who is my gladiator my father he's too busy battling his own inner

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 he tests the banner but it stands firm it appears that the world's largest land carnivore has met his match there must be a in the armor

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 it appears that the world's largest land carnivore has met his match there must be a in the armor somewhere here