Shielding

"Shielding" in a Sentence (10 examples)

The concrete layer of the nuclear reactor's shielding will be destroyed using controlled explosions.

We're happy that we're able to flee to the large awning, shielding ourselves from the rays of the harsh sun.

In the stratosphere, roughly 7 to 25 miles above Earth’s surface, the ozone layer acts like sunscreen, shielding the planet from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation that can cause skin cancer and cataracts, suppress immune systems and also damage plants.

Layla was shielding her eyes.

"Glen, do you think people will ever set foot on Mars?" "Shirley, one of the obstacles besides the exorbitant cost is the radiation in space. Astronauts need shielding. We still don't have the technology."

Mountains three miles away formed an arc round the city, shielding it on three sides from the wind.

Mountains at a distance of three miles formed an arc round the city, shielding it on three sides from the wind.

Wesley was the handsome brown boy of my white ex-neighbour Bruce and his Filipino wife Nerria, on Lulu Island. Wesley did not look nerdy, but was the technical type, following his father. Bruce was very technical, as he fixed cars and other machines and we talked about radiation shielding for space travel. Nerria babbled about Roman Catholicism, which was her love of life.

Because of the three node nesting, no single computer in the Tor network knows either the ultimate source or destination of the traffic, or even the other computer’s encryption keys, shielding users identities.

The Republicans' narrow majority in the House is seemingly laser-focused on shielding those involved in the fascist coup attempt of January 6, 2020.

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