How to Use human shield in a Sentence

human shield

noun

• The era of using the federal workforce as a political human shield must end.
  — Paul Vallas, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• In Ocean Park, residents were forced to form a human shield to prevent federal agents from snatching workers at a construction site.
  — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025
• Sol Ruca caught Becky Lynch off-guard early as Becky tried (unsuccessfully) to use Carr as a human shield.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• Judge Samuel Cappas sentenced a Chicago man this week to 25 years for allegedly using his baby as a human shield during an unrelated police standoff, according to a release.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026
• An hour before The Breakaway goes live, the production crew forms a human shield across a noisy central London street so presenter Orla Chennaoui can record her opening link uninterrupted.
  — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 15 July 2026