Her emotional armor fell before his eyes.

But having failed to penetrate her emotional armor, he had no recourse.

What upset Boggs was that contract negotiations helped puncture his usually impenetrable emotional armor.

You have to get that emotional armor on.

There was one tiny hole in his emotional armor.

Instead they encased themselves in "emotional armor" to have the strength and courage needed "to face the possibility of another termination decision," the researchers found.

It was as if her hardened emotional armor had worn thin from the onslaught and something deeply human was finally showing through.

It's far harder to suggest at the same time the defensiveness of a couple in full suits of emotional armor.