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
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
With Derrick White forced to the bench in the early going with two quick fouls, the Hawks took advantage of a chink in the Boston defense to get things rolling.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Percy felt like an arrow had slipped through a chink in his armor—as if he still had the blessing of Achilles, and someone had found his weak spot.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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Vocabulary from Readings 1, Unit 1
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