"shield" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The device upon his shield was a heart tree of the old gods, a white weirwood with a laughing red face.
- I caught the blow upon my shield, but so great was the giant's strength that it brought me to my knees.
- So many blows of sword and lance had he received upon his shield that all the painted design had disappeared from it.
- And do you see that other one, who has an eagle and a dragon painted side by side upon his shield?
- The Spartan, borne upon his shield, Was not more free.
- The boss, in Homeric times, was the center bulge upon a warrior's shield.
- Mars banged his spear upon his shield to get the attention of the assembly.
- Suddenly, when its volume was most, four spears were thrown into the air, and at this signal every man ceased to beat upon his shield.
- The Zulu caught the blow upon his shield, through which it shore as though the tough hide were paper.
- He struck at me with his stick, but I caught the blow upon my little shield, and hit back.
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