parrying
Example Sentences
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Fifty minutes into her deposition, after parrying questions and defending herself against the court's doubts, Mamta's composure faltered for the first time.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2025
Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2024
She was very witty and had razor-sharp quips, parrying every attempt at connection with playful defiance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
Sels kept Strasbourg in the game by parrying a powerful strike from Lionel Messi in the 89th.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
“Do you doubt that I do?” he replied, parrying my question.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
