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

Instead, Thompson won the next 2 points, the last by magically parrying what appeared to be a sure winner with a flip of his paddle.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2021

Inter was almost made to pay for its profligacy as Samir Handanović had to make the first save of the match in the 16th minute with the Nerazzurri goalkeeper parrying Dodô’s snapshot.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Annabeth moved in on my left and tried to distract one of the heads, parrying its teeth with her knife, but another head swung sideways like a dub and knocked her into the muck.

From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan