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

Jim Ludes, a former national defense analyst who now leads the Pell Center for International Affairs and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, said political parrying is inevitable.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023

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

With practiced steps, she twirls the sword through the air in graceful arcs, thrusting and parrying against an invisible foe.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray