Sentence examples for deflect by from inspiring English sources

You deflect by talking about an upcoming play date with Jamal.

Don't deflect by giving them a compliment back, changing the subject or arguing with them that it is nothing special.

Stewart tried to deflect by pointing to Tim Kaine's "antifa" son, who was sentenced to probation in 2017 for resisting arrest after demonstrating against a pro-Trump rally.

Effectively, she accused Driscoll of stealing Jones' intellectual property, which Driscoll tried to deflect by suggesting, perhaps, she was having a "grumpy day".

When challenged, cultured despisers either disingenuously deny (like Tyson) that they intended any harm, or try to deflect by bloviating about how evil, dogmatic, and judgmental Christianity is.

Moreover, every time some violent incident takes place, rather than being critical the focus of many is to simply deflect by referring to either 1984 riots against Sikhs under Congress rule or some contemporary incident where member of BJP has been harmed or where minority has acted violently against majority.

He scored at 4 33 with a secondary deflection after a long shot by Stevens was deflected by the Rangers' defense.

Such accusations were easily deflected by their sheer ludicrousness.

As they travel, they are deflected by a magnetic field.

Twice, James had his pass deflected by David West.

The ball was deflected by the MetroStars' Mark Chung.