parry

He’s hardly able to parry the upbraiding meted out by Mr. Giamatti’s Jean, fastidiously dressed and radiating pompous self-satisfaction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

But it’s his voice that exerts the most hypnotic force, moving from defensive parry to inner rumble that takes the entire audience at the James Earl Jones Theatre into his confidence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Leon was in action again just before the half-hour mark to parry a close range header from Goncalo Ramos.

From Barron's ● Jan. 23, 2026

Moving to his left, Smith got both hands to the ball, only to parry in the direction of the slips, who could not grab the rebound.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025

“True. But you care for me. You would not have been ruthless. You would have said, ‘Excellent parry, Inigo, now that’s enough for one day; let’s have supper.’”

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Gavin Bazunu parries, but only straight to Anass Zaroury who buries the rebound first-time for the opener.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2024

Dr. No parries, in a manner reminiscent of some of our real-life tech billionaires.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

There are bracelets, for instance, that one can acquire that can greatly simplify action, allowing players to better time their parries, or turning complex moves into simple one-button presses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023

The two players traded taunts and parries, their lines racing around each other like a pair of squirrels.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022

The second fencer can’t attack until he parries.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

He should have saved King's equaliser at his near post, while his initial save for Fulham's second was parried into a dangerous area, allowing Garcia to score.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

He parried worries about this World Cup with a groovy encouragement:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

The sequence started with Pedro Porro sending a cross into the box for Dani Olmo, whose shot was parried away by Courtois.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Their defence was unlocked again when Chasity Grant raced behind Liverpool's backline and played in Kirsty Hanson, while Daly added a third when she pounced on a parried save by Kirby.

From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2025

“I hope what you’ve heard about me is good,” I parried.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

He was parrying tough questions on a big stage for the first time, facing an audience who knew him only as the Angry L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026

Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.

From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024

Upon entering a cavernous room, its barely lit cobblestones reflecting a sickly green, you are charged by a towering beast that can be overcome only through a punishing sequence of precise dodges and parrying.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024

Norway committed bodies forward in the latter stages and registered their first shot on target in the final minute of normal time, Manuela Zinsberger parrying Ildhusoy's shot onto the crossbar.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2022

He’s trying to taunt, trick me with his relaxed, almost sloppy parrying.

From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes