human shield

"I didn't ask you to play human shield for me," she told him.

He was holding a young woman as a human shield, her eyes wide with fright.

A "human shield" of workers was used to protect the factory, which is why the night attack hurt so many.

The refugees provided a kind of human shield for them.

One day he is present when a criminal takes a female hostage in order to use the woman as a human shield.

"We can always use him as a human shield, if need be."

They were using the young inventor as a human shield!

He has already set up a human shield, without the human even being present.

I was taken to work in a military camp and later put along the front lines as a human shield.

Denis says they're using the children as a human shield.