Sentence examples for to parry from inspiring English sources

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to parry

verb

To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).

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Tapper started to parry, then collected himself.

Benaglio does extremely well to parry.

Weather.com decided not to parry Accuweather's move.

Cech is down quickly to parry clear.

The fencer knows when to parry and return.

Rommel could not continue to parry such attacks indefinitely, however.

Previously, he had managed to parry attacks relatively easily.

The Democrats try to parry in customary ways.

Handanovic is on hand, though, to parry clear.

Adrián did excellently to parry it wide at his near post.

"I liked to parry and to win her over," the criminal-defense attorney Gerald Shargel recalled.

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