Sentence examples for managed to deflect from inspiring English sources

The revered, 73-year-old leader has so far managed to deflect demands for independence.

I once managed to deflect all questions about Danny's age — without actually lying — for a month, but it was exhausting.

But true to form, the Royal Blues managed to deflect from their good form with a classic ill-timed story.

Last summer, at Balcombe in Sussex, protesters managed to deflect an attempt by Cuadrilla to establish an experimental field.

She managed to deflect the questions somewhat by talking about Sanders's failure to release his full tax returns.

The National Party managed to deflect criticism raised by "Dirty Politics", a book based on hacked e-mails involving senior members of the National Party and a blogger.

Arsenal have another couple of corners as Hull manage to deflect everything behind.

Kelly did manage to deflect some attention away from his misdemeanours with 2005's Trapped in the Closet, an audacious 12-part R&B soap opera in which Kelly and cast warbled their way through a far-fetched, cliffhanger-packed plot populated by gay pastors and randy midgets.

A loosener for Anderson, well outside off, and Chanderpaul, shuffling across with that idiosyncratic stance, somehow manages to deflect it on to his stumps.

The sound track - a mélange of sound effects and music - is very good, and manages to deflect some of the other poor production choices.

Powell managed to avoid controversy – one of the key aims of the Fed chair – ably deflecting politically charged questions about the US's huge debts, the impact of Donald Trump's recently announced $1.5tn tax cuts and income inequality.