How to Use breastplate in a Sentence

breastplate

noun

• Truly, where did Sapphira get that new breastplate from?
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 5 Apr. 2024
• The star wore another meaningful look during the broadcast — a gold breastplate adorned with seven 3D roses.
  — Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
• In the video, the band don breastplates and gold leaf crowns to act out Shakespeare.
  — Audra Heinrichs, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• Then, make a cut at the bottom of the breastplate, stick your fingers in there and pull up.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 3 Jan. 2020
• Of course, Wilde is not the only star to have sported a breastplate on the red carpet.
  — Emily Chan, Glamour, 18 Nov. 2022
• The structured corset top appeared like a breastplate made of gold and stood out from the black velvet skirt.
  — Genevieve Cepeda, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• At the end, Brünnhilde, who wears a breastplate over her T-shirt, is encircled in a blazing ring of fire.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• The doll’s breastplate has a necklace of 28 Stanhope gems, all but two still intact.
  — Hannah Foster, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
• Killing a man in full bronze armor—helmet, breastplate, greaves—was not an easy task.
  — Anne Carson, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020
• Fentz even worked his way through his routine in a golden breastplate.
  — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 18 Feb. 2018
• God-in-chief Wotan is accessorized with a gold breastplate.
  — Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2023
• Singer, a painter and sculptor, hoped to use the plaster mold to make a Wonder Woman-style breastplate as an art project.
  — Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2021
• Its breastplate bears the colors of New York's first responders.
  — Helen Wolt, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 May 2017
• Fashion star Zendaya took the biggest risk in her hot pink breastplate and skirt, but the skin-baring look proved too avant garde for the awards show at hand.
  — Andrea Mandell, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2020
• The birds, about a foot in length, had a robe of deep black feathers, accented by a breastplate of metallic bluish‐green feathers that turned purple in the right light.
  — National Geographic, 23 Apr. 2018
• Dunne, who stockpiles materials, used a 16-foot-long python skin for the Viper's breastplate.
  — Daniel D’addario, Time, 7 July 2017
• And then there’s the lovely, loony sight of Russell Crowe, gamely chasséing in a golden breastplate and white tutu as the Greek god Zeus.
  — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
• My favourite application of bronze has always been the cuirass (breastplate), shield, spear, sword and greaves of the Spartan soldiers.
  — Wei Koh, A-LIST, 3 Apr. 2018
• The pale James is now deeply tangerine, her eyebrows thinned out to thread, her silhouette pumped with a breastplate.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2022
• Doubling down on the theme, Fentz even wore a golden breastplate and had a glove obscuring his hand in a nod to Jaime Lannister’s missing hand.
  — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2018
• Each hoplite wielded an eight-foot spear made of ash, while his body armor consisted of a breastplate, helmet, and greaves, all made of bronze.
  — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
• Ncuti Gatwa wore a silver breastplate molded to his body, while Russel Westbrook ditched the sleeves on his suit.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
• Then, a textured vest or a golden breastplate, all topped off with a vibrant coat and different colored trousers.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 5 July 2017
• The Oscar-winning actor wore the sleeveless silver breastplate with a black tuxedo jacket and black high-waist, wide-leg trousers.
  — Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 12 June 2023
• Although a few cavalry units held on to helmets and breastplates, the infantry lost them long before the start of the First World War, and soft hats or caps were standard issue.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2019
• Even Beyoncé got a nod in episode seven when the queen hit the Drag Race mainstage in a beaded breastplate and matching bottoms.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 10 Mar. 2021
• The Spider-Man star dressed in a gray floor-length body-con dress that had a distinct gold breastplate that created a contouring effect.
  — Hanna Flanagan, PEOPLE.com, 12 Oct. 2021
• The superstar singer wore an all-black look consisting of a Cameron Hancock breastplate, plus black dress pants and simple jewelry to the event.
  — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
• Why then, an astute observer might ask, does Kahmora show up to set wearing full hip/ass pads and a breastplate with erect nipples?
  — Paul McCallion, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2021
• Though Sweeney kept her actual hands in her pockets while posing on the red carpet, her nails were a mini work of art just like the intricate breastplate.
  — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024