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

McLaren's one chink of light in the race was the pit stops.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 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

South Africa, in turn, would like to exploit this chink in India’s armour.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2023

Now and again, she heard the chink of spears, the faint metallic slither of chain mail, but even those sounds were muffled.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin