Armour is an English word with synonyms like armor or fit. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Armour in a sentence
Related words
Armour meaning
British standard spelling of armor.
Synonyms of Armour
Using Armour
- The main meaning on this page is: British standard spelling of armor.
- Useful related words include: armor, protective covering, fit out, fit.
- In the example corpus, armour often appears in combinations such as: under armour, the armour, armour and.
Context around Armour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Armour
- In this selection, "armour" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, plate, delmont, steel, type, wife and recovery stand out and add context to how "armour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include about lola armour wife of and arrived wearing armour similar to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "armour" sits close to words such as firefighter, ghanaian and ideals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with armour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Wagner plays Tripp-Delmont/Armour on Friday in Armour. (9 words)
The Trojans play Tripp-Delmont/Armour on Tuesday in Armour. (10 words)
As armour advanced, blades were made narrower, stiffer and sharply pointed to defeat the armour by thrusting. (17 words)
Under Armour Recovery Sheets designed to aid 41-year-old quarterback, Tom Brady feature a unique fabric design that can speed your body’s post-workout healing process, and they’re on sale right now on Under Armour’s website at discounts of up to $87. (46 words)
Geoffrey the Baker writes that the French armour was invulnerable to the English arrows, that the arrowheads either skidded off the armour or shattered on impact. citation Given the following actions of the archers, it seems likely Baker was correct. (40 words)
For example, a main battle tank will usually have the heaviest armour on the hull front and the turret, lighter armour on the sides of the hull and the thinnest armour on the top and bottom of the tank. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, a main battle tank will usually have the heaviest armour on the hull front and the turret, lighter armour on the sides of the hull and the thinnest armour on the top and bottom of the tank.
Tank Armour is best known to be the only Armour type to be able to provide Life Point bonuses.
This reminds me of the old joke about Lola Armour, wife of the Gilded Age meatpacking mogul J. Ogden Armour.
The Trojans play Tripp-Delmont/Armour on Tuesday in Armour.
Under Armour Recovery Sheets designed to aid 41-year-old quarterback, Tom Brady feature a unique fabric design that can speed your body’s post-workout healing process, and they’re on sale right now on Under Armour’s website at discounts of up to $87.
Wagner plays Tripp-Delmont/Armour on Friday in Armour.
Under Armour is taking a page from HQ Trivia to give away Curry 5 sneakers, NBA playoff tickets, and $10,000 in Under Armour gift cards.
An arming doublet (also called aketon) worn under armour, particularly plate armour of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Europe, contains arming points for attaching plates.
As armour advanced, blades were made narrower, stiffer and sharply pointed to defeat the armour by thrusting.
A Templar Knight is truly a fearless knight, and secure on every side, for his soul is protected by the armour of faith, just as his body is protected by the armour of steel.
A trend toward composite armour is taking place in place of steel – composites are stronger for a given weight, allowing the tank to be lighter for the same protection as steel armour, or better protected for the same weight.
At the same time, the weight of armour slowed down the speed of the battleships, and the huge guns needed to penetrate enemy armour fired at very slow rates.
China first encountered the armour in 384 when its allies in the nation of Kuchi arrived wearing "armour similar to chains".
For much of military history the manufacture of metal personal armour has dominated the technology and employment of armour.
Geoffrey the Baker writes that the French armour was invulnerable to the English arrows, that the arrowheads either skidded off the armour or shattered on impact. citation Given the following actions of the archers, it seems likely Baker was correct.
German gothic armour arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armour doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh.
In effect, rather than making plate armour obsolete, the use of firearms stimulated the development of plate armour into its later stages.
Japanese mail armour main Edo period Japanese (samurai) chain armour or kusari gusoku In Japan mail is called kusari which means chain.
Modern Reactive armour protects itself from Tandem warheads by having a thicker front metal plate to prevent the precursor charge from detonating the explosive in the reactive armour.
New Krupp steel armour meant that it was now possible to give a cruiser side armour which would protect it against the quick-firing guns of enemy battleships and cruisers alike.
Common combinations with armour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- under armour 53×
- the armour 14×
- armour and 14×
- of armour 11×
- body armour 11×
- armour on 10×
- armour to 8×
- and armour 7×
- armour is 7×
- armour by 7×