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Verb (2)
Examples of chink in a Sentence
David Pogue, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
Mitch McConnell 28 seconds later Mitch McConnell is known as the unflinching conservative leader of the Senate who rarely shows a chink in the armor when jousting with political foes.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 29 July 2023
Wynonna may come off as the ultimate super trouper, but the documentary reveals chinks in that armor along the way, or at least moments where the singer plainly owns up to not yet having come to terms with her mother’s death.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
Langham’s Blissful Beds, produced by Swedish mattress masters Duxiana, combined with solid soundproofing and electronic blinds that black out every chink of light guarantee a good night’s sleep.
—Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 29 May 2023
Did some climate scientists get a chink in their reputations after the batch of East Anglia emails were released?
—Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 24 Feb. 2011
Trying to counter the one-two punch of the alewife and lamprey invasions, Great Lakes biologists seized on a chink in the lamprey life cycle: The parasites don't reproduce in open waters but spawn in a relatively small number of rivers that feed the lakes.
—Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
Retail is the chink in Google’s armor.
—Sergii Denysenko, Forbes, 7 May 2021
Although scientists don’t know how to best combat Verroa mites, studies like this one give scientists a deeper understanding of their tactics, which could someday reveal a chink in their armor.
—Carl Engelking, Discover Magazine, 5 June 2015
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Word History
Noun (1)
probably alteration of Middle English chine crack, fissure
Noun (2)
imitative
Noun or adjective
perhaps alteration of Chinese
Noun (1)
1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1609, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1573, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
1589, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Noun Or Adjective
1887, in the meaning defined above
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“Chink.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chink. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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