How to Use deflect in a Sentence

deflect

verb

• The goalie deflected the ball with his hands.
• The blame was deflected from the chairman.
• The ball deflected off the goalie's shoulder.
• They are trying to deflect attention from the troubled economy.
• The bait covers the hook point, deflects weeds, and offers a taste of prey.
  — Will Ryan, Field & Stream, 5 July 2023
• Ekblad’s shot clipped the goal cage and deflected off Levi on its way to the back of the net.
  — George Richards, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2023
• The aim of the game is to get the disc inside the can and deflect the other team’s disc with the help of a partner.
  — Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
• Except the throw was off, the ball bouncing in the dirt ahead of Walsh and deflecting off his glove.
  — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
• Reinhart deflected in a Tkachuk shot from the blue line on the power play.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• Knight made it 5-3 by deflecting in Harvey’s shot from the left point.
  — John Wawrow, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
• Boli had a run at another chance in the 41st minute, but it was deflected away.
  — oregonlive, 24 June 2023
• The ball bounced near home plate, deflected off catcher Jake Rogers' chest protector and rolled to the front of the Tigers' dugout.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 May 2023
• These sit on the surface of the skin and deflect and scatter damaging UVA rays away.
  — Chelsea Burns, womenshealthmag.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• The ball deflected off Lugo’s shoulder for his first goal of the season.
  — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
• The second free kick was straight ahead and the ball moved left to right as the goalie leaped up and was unable to deflect it as landed in the right corner of the net.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• If the goalie is agile enough to deflect it, the impact alone might feel different.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• Stealth fighters like the F-22 are shaped to deflect opposing radar waves.
  — Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023
• Henrique then deflected in a shot from the point by Jackson LaCombe to give the Ducks a 5-3 lead heading into the third.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• In the top of the 10th, the Twins took a 4-3 lead on Lewis' single into left field as the ball deflected off Maton's glove and trickled into the outfield.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2023
• Tough break for Lindholm, who was in position to deflect the hard pass with his stick, but missed it by an inch or so.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Dec. 2022
• For more than a year after the beginning of the war, the White House deflected Mr. Zelensky’s demands for the weapons.
  — John Ismay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
• Gotham keeper Abby Smith leaped to get a gloved hand on the ball but could only deflect it off the crossbar and into the netting.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2023
• The ball was on line with the basket on the three-pointer but Rutgers center Cliff Omoruyi made a terrific play to fly out from the lane and deflect the ball.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023
• Charlie Coyle battles with Sasha Barkov down low and deflects one past Lyon.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• Ukraine’s air defenses deflected most of the hits, but every day a handful made it through.
  — Hanna Arhirova and Lori Hinnant, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2023
• Pavelski deflected a Heiskanen shot from the point after Jamie Benn had gotten a piece of the puck.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• The show, as a whole, reproduces this tendency to deflect rather than argue.
  — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
• The plan is to press, running fresh bodies in and out, hoping their long arms deflect enough passes to mask growing pains elsewhere.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• The rules at the time didn’t allow a player to deflect a pass to his own teammate, even inadvertently.
  — Tom Jolly, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Parked off the paint, Zacha was in perfect position to deflect Hampus Lindholm’s long wrister for a 1-0 lead.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024