- present participle of parry.
parrying
Example Sentences
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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
Celtic were fortunate AZ could not capitalise, with Hart parrying Jesper Karlsson's shot behind and Bruno Martins Indi glancing the ensuing corner narrowly off target.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2021
“Do you doubt that I do?” he replied, parrying my question.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
