- present participle of parry.
parrying
Example Sentences
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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 witty and had razor-sharp quips, parrying every attempt at deeper connection with playful defiance.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2024
Jim Ludes, a former national defense analyst who now leads the Pell Center for International Affairs and Public Policy at Salve Regina University, said political parrying is inevitable.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2023
Norway committed bodies forward in the latter stages and registered their first shot on target in the final minute of normal time, Manuela Zinsberger parrying Ildhusoy's shot onto the crossbar.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2022
They battled back and forth, thrusting and parrying.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
