Sentence examples for parried from inspiring English sources

Miller soon saw a shot deflected just wide after a lay-off from Nish, whose header from the resulting corner was parried wide by Crawford.

It looked like the presence of Ciftci in an offside position had put the Rangers defence off but the United forward almost made a more material impact moments later when his drive had to be parried clear by Simonsen.

The Argentinian's initial shot was parried by Vicente Guaita but he knocked the rebound in to send his side through.

But the Ayr goalkeeper parried Duffy's angled effort and the home defence blocked Riordan's follow-up.

But his digs could be gratuitous and his exasperation overly theatrical.... Ryan parried this well.

In an entertaining first half the visitors also had a clear chance when Messi's snap-shot from inside the area was parried away by Sirigu in spectacular fashion.

Wolfsburg failed to properly clear a corner and Hamit Altintop's long-range shot was only parried by Diego Benaglio to the Gomez, who welcomed the invitation for his second goal of the season.

Security forces have also raided al-Qaeda targets in the south and centre of the country, killing several commanders and arresting others, in their most sustained offensive yet against the jihadists.That campaign parried a third dangerous challenge.

Other Arab states, especially the monarchies, have so far parried calls for change with seeming success, using the familiar mix of coercion, co-option and promises.So the pertinent question is perhaps not so much who will be next to fall but rather, what follows?

Since then he has faced down challenges from Egypt's restless judges, braved serial resignations of advisers and ministers, and parried opponents by sponsoring a national dialogue that is actually being held just by Brothers and their allies.

For Saudis the list is longer and more varied because their vast kingdom has few representative institutions of any kind.Arab monarchs have parried such demands in different ways.