chink

Example Sentences

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Even still, you felt that at some point they'd make a breakthrough, at some point they'd find a chink and somebody would do something that resembled a clinical piece of play.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

It was a night in which teams in the powerful Trinity League showed a chink in their armor.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025

In over two decades spent inside Israeli prisons, Sinwar reportedly learned fluent Hebrew and studied Israeli society, and he identified a chink in the armor of his militarily superior adversary.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

This lack of response seems to be a chink in the body's armor that Mtb exploits to such devastating effect.

From Science Daily • Jan. 18, 2024

From outside, through the open window, he heard the voice of Mr Hooper, and then his mother, the chink of a teaspoon against a cup.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill