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.
• Long arms, can get his hands on the ball and deflect the ball.
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The senior keeper was able to get a piece of the hard shot and deflect the ball wide of her goal.
  — Eric Bem, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 22 Sep. 2021
• Burney reached out to deflect the ball with his right hand.
  — Marc Weiszer, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2022
• Schlegel made a key block at the top of the box to deflect a screeching long-range shot off frame and out of bounds.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2020
• Nick Cross leaped high in front of a 6-foot-5 tight end to graze and deflect the ball with his finger tips.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 29 July 2022
• These trail back from the wing and deflect the passing airstream downward.
  — Abe Dane, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Is there a polite way to deflect the first question to avoid the second?
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
• Again, the electron will always deflect by the same amount toward one of the poles.
  — Quanta Magazine, 20 July 2021
• Reinhart deflected in a Tkachuk shot from the blue line on the power play.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
• Thomas leapt to deflect Ben Bryant’s short pass, then grabbed the ball out of the air and ran for a 27-yard touchdown (the extra point failed).
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 18 Dec. 2021
• Reuvers slid over, however, and rose up to deflect the ball into the air.
  — Jeff Potrykus, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2021
• Robert Thomas took a shot from above the right circle, and Sundqvist deflected it past Knight.
  — Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
• The phrase is an excuse to deflect from the real issues.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020
• 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
• Larin passed to Davies, but Turner managed to get his right hand on the ball and deflect it wide.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
• He jabs, then hooks, then jabs again, but his blows all deflect off Charles Conwell.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2021
• Cozens and Tuch both deflected it, and Tuch got credit for the goal.
  — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 30 Nov. 2024
• These sit on the surface of the skin and deflect and scatter damaging UVA rays away.
  — Chelsea Burns, womenshealthmag.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• But Sam Bennett deflected a Carter Verhaeghe shot into the net, notching his team-leading eighth goal of the playoffs.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 23 May 2025
• That was credited to Evander Kane at 3:28 of the third when his centering pass deflected in off Esa Lindell.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 30 May 2025