How to Use parry in a Sentence

parry

verb

• He parried and then threw a punch.
• He parried the thrust of his opponent's sword.
• She cleverly parried the reporters' questions.
• The challenge for the U.S. is finding ways to parry such moves.
  — Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• First up: parry the pawns to knock their little heads off.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 30 June 2022
• In the 15th minute Miyazawa curled the ball in from depth on the left and Engen extended her leg to parry the ball.
  — Associated Press, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Yoplait tried to parry with its own new brand, Yoplait Greek, at the beginning of 2010.
  — John Kell, Fortune, 22 May 2017
• The win also helped the Stars parry a pair of boogeymen: overtimes and the Hurricanes.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2021
• Attinella did well to parry the ball behind him to keep it from crossing the line.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2020
• Or, more often, found their effort parried by the legs or the body of a defender in their path.
  — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
• Programs parry the loss of depth but searching for their own transfer.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
• Esparza parried with his left hand, knocking his radio to the ground.
  — Priscella Vega, Daily Pilot, 31 July 2019
• Killion had a good strike, sending the ball low and toward the left post, but Franch got down quickly and with a strong left hand, parried the ball wide.
  — Molly Blue, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2017
• The king has parried calls for democratic reforms over his three-decade reign.
  — Sewell Chan, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
• Biden took on the most fire, but parried it and, as front-runner, benefits the most from a no-decision.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2019
• Kansas City keeper Tim Melia parried that away with both hands, but the ball dropped at the feet of Joveljic, who redirected it on goal.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2024
• In a perfect fight, the strikes are dramatic and swing close to their partner’s body, with attacks parried away by a sword.
  — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2017
• Then in the 54th minute a Fernandes drive through a group of players was parried by the unsighted Michel Vorm and Ayew was their to prod home the rebound.
  — SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• Clark had to deny Paulo’s power again in the 61st minute, lunging to parry away a similar blast.
  — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2021
• Meanwhile, Toranaga is engaged in a constant thrust and parry with the council.
  — Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
• You’ve clearly been trained to parry difficult questions with a both-sides dodge.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
• Biden is an experienced debater and knew how and when to parry the attacks that kept coming at him.
  — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• The solution here isn’t to try to parry every court action but to constrain the court’s ability to launch these blows.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
• In the beginning of the sequence, the Mandalorian uses a long stick-like weapon as a staff to parry the attacker’s blows.
  — Wired, 14 Nov. 2019
• But his right-footed attempt was parried wide by Panama's Jose Calderon.
  — Billy Heyen, cleveland.com, 15 July 2017
• Harrison Afful started the play with a cross from the right wing that Andre Blake could only parry away.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
• In the 87th minute, Rodman ripped a cross deep into the box, and Thorns defender Emily Menges parried it away with her foot but appeared to kick it off her own hand in the process.
  — oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2023
• That was as close as Belgium came to taking the game to extra-time, though, as Lloris parried a long-range piledriver from Axel Witsel.
  — Kieran Canning, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2018
• Vancouver goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka parried the ball back in front of the goal, only for Agada to blast it home for his eighth goal of the season.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
• Even without the knowledge of the deeper mechanics — the super arts and parries — there’s a simplicity to it.
  — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024