How to Use flak jacket in a Sentence

flak jacket

noun

• The go-to perks for this class are tactical mask, flak jacket and ninja.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 10 Feb. 2021
• Don't go to a school board meeting without a flak jacket and your head on a swivel.
  — W. Kamau Bell, CNN, 8 July 2022
• Their military green outfits and flak jackets blend in with the light brown cliffs.
  — Anna Pujol-Mazzini, Time, 18 June 2019
• Levin’s cell phone, helmet, flak jacket, and shoes were never found.
  — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2023
• Each is issued with a helmet, flak jacket and three-foot baton.
  — The Economist, 31 May 2018
• At times, the Marines would use their own flak jackets to cover their comrade from incoming fire.
  — Danielle Rossingh, CNN, 15 May 2018
• At least one priest holds up to five masses each Sunday, strapping on a flak jacket and driving the sacrament from church to church.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• The Packers running back suited up in full flak jacket for the week's final practice.
  — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2017
• Henrik wasn’t there, but Mr. Asatryan found a flak jacket emblazoned with his name and some of his papers in a pocket.
  — Ann M. Simmons, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2021
• The guys are used as guinea pigs for flak jackets in another episode, with unusual results.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 11 Jan. 2018
• Donning a helmet and flak jacket, Zelensky led his troops through the trenches, running to avoid sniper fire.
  — The Editors, National Review, 27 Apr. 2021
• As Captain Ball walked into the crowd, still talking, Corporal Lopez put his hand on his flak jacket.
  — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
• On the flight back from Poland, a woman from Texas saw the service patches on Graham’s flak jacket and struck up conversation.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
• Air crew wore 'flak jackets' with metal plates sewn into them for protection from shrapnel and these saved many lives.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 4 June 2019
• Many of them were sent to the front line wearing sneakers and without flak jackets and helmets, let alone rifles and ammunition.
  — Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2019
• Which is exactly what the owners want from their expensive flak jacket.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2018
• Montgomery could possibly wear a flak jacket, but ribs can be hurt with motion/twisting, not just by direct blow.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Sep. 2017
• Nearby, National Guard troops wearing flak jackets and carrying rifles slung across their backs walked in and out of the station.
  — Juan Carlos Hernandez, Fox News, 29 Mar. 2018
• Shotzzy uses a tactical mask or flak jacket for his first slot and lives on Ninja for the third slot — the second perk has underwhelming options.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
• The visuals also tend to be stacked against the government — flak jackets and Humvees versus moms in jeans shielding their screaming children.
  — Mike Hale, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2018
• The vest that the detective wore, known as a plate carrier, is similar to a flak jacket and is the heavier duty option of the vests available to the force, according to Luciano.
  — David Shortell and Amanda Jackson, CNN, 4 June 2019
• Franken was set up, the believers say, starting with the flak jacket photo, which was a hoax orchestrated by a Trump supporter.
  — Laura McGann, Vox, 21 May 2018
• Police also found clothes that Rienoehl was seen wearing at the scene of the Portland shooting – a white flak jacket, a black baseball cap and a white T-shirt, according to the search warrant return.
  — oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2020
• Cutler wearing a flak jacket or the Dolphins hoping to keep him from getting hit would not solve all potential issues.
  — Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 23 Oct. 2017
• Frequent deaths and injuries meant that turnover in the field was constant; when Maranto arrived at Hotel Company, he was issued a flak jacket that had dried blood on it.
  — Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 15 May 2018
• The army said that because no soldiers were hurt that day, the gunmen might have been referring to Abu Akleh, who was wearing a protective helmet and flak jacket.
  — Josef Federman, BostonGlobe.com, 15 May 2022
• And now, for the first time, that outfit — including the flak jacket — is going on display at Diana’s former London home at Kensington Palace.
  — Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2018
• An attorney for Pérez did not comment upon leaving the courtroom after the hearing as police whisked away the suspect, who was wearing a red T-shirt, a flak jacket and a helmet.
  — Danica Coto, The Denver Post, 18 June 2019
• A few months later, that man entered his school in a sleepy Oregon town, Umpqua Community College, armed with six guns, a flak jacket and spare ammunition.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 30 May 2018
• Police executed a search warrant on the man's home and found rifles, a bayonet, piles of ammunition, a sword, a knuckle knife and flak jacket.
  — Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024