parry

Example Sentences

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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

Then we decide whether to dodge, parry, or counterattack.

From Literature

The precocious girls soon cotton on to the headmistress’s ruse and parry her appeals to dish on Miss Brodie.

From The Wall Street Journal

The spot-kick was ordered to be retaken for encroachment inside the area and Haaland struck his second effort the opposite direction, only for it to be parried away again by Peretz.

From Barron's

Fifty minutes into her deposition, after parrying questions and defending herself against the court's doubts, Mamta's composure faltered for the first time.

From BBC