Sentence examples for of deflecting from inspiring English sources

Extra point Tebow has mastered the language of deflecting credit.

Humour's one sure way of deflecting a slight, after all.

Will Henrik Lundqvist ever cease the practice of deflecting slap shots with his head?

This is the latest example of Mr. Bush's pattern of deflecting responsibility.

Dismissing criticism as prejudice is the easiest, and cheapest, way of deflecting it.

Initially, his tactic of deflecting criticism and avoiding difficult questions seemed to work.

We use China just as we use the population issue: as a means of deflecting responsibility.

The length of deflecting plates was chosen to maximize the transmission efficiency.

(The act was silent partly as a means of deflecting hecklers and partly as a means of increasing its artiness).

Invariably, Umma asked me about school, which was her way of deflecting my questions about prison life.

In certain traditions clowning is an apotropaic (averting evil) ritual, a way of deflecting demonic attention from serious religious activities.