How to Use knight in shining armor in a Sentence
knight in shining armor
noun phrase-
No knight in shining armor is coming to sweep you off your feet.
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Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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Greg Roman was a knight in shining armor.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
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Whenever Laura needs rescuing, Leroy turns up as her knight in shining armor.
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Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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No knight in shining armor appeared – Macron is now on his seventh prime minister, so viable candidates are getting harder to find.
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Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Still, the story, in which an underdog plays knight in shining armor to a mysterious woman, is far too schematic to have real stakes in a franchise that revolves around another character.
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Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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