How to Use shield against in a Sentence

shield against

verb

• Still, the vaccine doesn’t shield against every single strain, and not everyone has had the shots.
  — Julia Sullivan, SELF, 4 Feb. 2026
• And the outer layer shields against the harsher elements.
  — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 7 Feb. 2026
• And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state.
  — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026
• This spiritual grounding acted as a shield against the temptations that come with money and fame.
  — Max Bacall , Nikos Degruccio , Alexia Cousoulas, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
• By then, Idaho’s had a shield against litigation due to its exemption.
  — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2026
• Strong fundamentals do not shield against sharp declines when market sentiment shifts.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Laughter is a wonderful shield against the negative energy around us.
  — Jd Linville, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
• The structure of the IPO is designed to shield against a premature wave of selling.
  — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 17 June 2026
• Rules become shields against uncertainty, not tools for performance.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Feb. 2026
• All species have a protective wax covering that resembles a fish scale and serves as a protective shield against predators.
  — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Feb. 2026
• The army said that al-Haddad had surrounded himself with Israeli hostages during the war as a shield against an attack.
  — Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026
• This trend accelerated in December as the flag state emerged as a critical shield against drone strikes and vessel seizures.
  — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Hence why our bodies may have evolved to view connection as a shield against danger—meaning, less of a need for inflammation and lower chronic disease risk.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 19 Feb. 2026
• The Great Basin in Nevada turned out to offer a natural shield against pesky interference.
  — Denise Chow, NBC news, 21 June 2026
• Using immigrants as a shield against public safety is a classic example of the soft bigotry of low expectations.
  — Sameer Butt, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
• Roman will be able to use its coronagraph like a shield against harsh starlight to spot planets that are otherwise difficult to see around other stars and identify them.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
• They would be required to share information about how AI models work and the safeguards companies have in place to shield against misuse.
  — Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 24 Sep. 2026
• For New Delhi, the tests mark another step toward a more advanced defensive shield against evolving missile threats.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026
• The revocable trust is a fundamental flaw, providing no shield against creditors.
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• In the foreground of the painting was a car encampment with a tattered floral sheet woven through the windows, cloth tarps and couch cushions creating a shield against the elements.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• Quantum measurement disturbance, ordinarily a nuisance, would serve as a shield against prying eyes.
  — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
• These enhancements provide users with a more robust shield against identity theft and personal privacy violations.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
• The ozone layer functions as a global shield against harmful levels of ultraviolet solar radiation.
  — Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 Dec. 2025
• Fur is a common shield against harsh temperatures in the wintertime, and thanks to some innovative designs, there are plenty of faux options that offer the same levels of warmth and comfort.
  — Julia Guerra, InStyle, 15 Jan. 2026
• In regions of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, it has been used for generations as a symbolic shield against envy and ill intentions.
  — Alex Sales, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2025
• Depending on their size, owls can gobble up one to three rodents per day, functioning as a continuous automatic shield against property-damaging mice and rats.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 5 Sep. 2026
• Powell, now a symbol of Fed autonomy, staying on has been seen by many analysts as a further shield against political intervention.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2026
• Individual rights were dramatically expanded, becoming not just a shield against state coercion but a sword to challenge any decision that a person felt was unfair.
  — Philip K. Howard, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2026
• Originally created in the 1900s to protect drivers and passengers in open-top cars, the coat was designed to shield against the elements for everyday ease.
  — Andrea Zendejas, Vogue, 20 Mar. 2026
• Beyond the academic clout and a relatively small income boost, double majoring can offer a significant shield against economic volatility.
  — Preston Fore, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025