chink

Example Sentences

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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

The only obvious chink in Pooran's armour is against left-arm wrist-spin, against which he averages 31.5 and strikes at 108.6.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 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

He tottered about, shivering, and stuffed every open chink as well as he could with his palsied paws, until no light came through anywhere.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig