parrying

Example Sentences

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Parrying a stop in his follow-through, Topley chased the rebound, dived and flicked the ball on to the non-striker's stumps.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2022

Parrying such attacks for more than a year, Ford grew defensive about the accords, and Frankel’s question only provoked him.

From Time • Sep. 19, 2016

Parrying questions for 50 minutes in his corporate conference room in Seoul, Park said he had returned home "under very tragic circumstances."

From Time Magazine Archive

Parrying the invasion of consumer finance by appliance makers and hard-goods retailers, the company is also winning footholds in their fields.

From Time Magazine Archive

Parrying his blow, Calhoun, by a skilful turn of his horse, avoided the other.

From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)