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
• 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
• 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
• Anonymity, Pak said, has proven a useful way to deflect attention from the artist to the art.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 21 Apr. 2021
• Barbara is questioned by reporters about the case, while Rusty searches for the truth — or ways to deflect the blame.
  — Brendan Le, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
• Because neutrinos are not deflected by magnetic fields or by gravity, their direction of travel leads back to their source.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 May 2025
• The Suns’ latest statement falsely accuses me of filing lawsuits to extort the organization and attacks my professional record in an effort to deflect from the egregious conduct alleged by multiple former employees.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 May 2025