parried

past tense of parry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parried
Verb
  • Bears quarterback Caleb Williams hit tight end Colston Loveland with a pass and the tight end barely evaded two Bengals defenders, who hit each other instead of Loveland.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The Bills shut down Patrick Mahomes and evaded the Chiefs for the fifth straight time in the regular season to improve to a secure 6-2 mark.
    Torrey Hart, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Previous Japanese leaders have avoided discussing Taiwan in the context of a military response.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Margolick argues that Caesar avoided topical satire out of fear.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Other businesses, including a nearby convention center, restaurant and Ford assembly plant, escaped the blaze.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The mailman paused, checking to see if anyone had noticed or knew the puppy had escaped.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The Brazilian had already won two driver’s championships going into the 1991 F1 season, but victory in his home country eluded him.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Mia — who’s blinded by the allure of a newborn that’s long eluded her and her husband — doesn’t heed Riley’s warning about the nature of the child, and in the course of their melee, Riley accidentally crashes through the second-story window of their family home.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Qing Yuan opened the tap, gripped the edge of the trough, and ducked his head under the water.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • His new changeup ducked under bats to bamboozle the Mariners’ lefties.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His biography was removed from the royal family's official website, and Prince William dodged a question alluding to his uncle's recent drama during his trip to Brazil this week.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Yet, in a recent interview with fellow journalist Jorge Ramos, Mamdani dodged questions about whether Venezuela’s and Cuba’s rulers are dictators.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Campaigning, Spanberger often sidestepped the historic potential of her candidacy.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Wi Sung-lac revealed no immediate progress on the lingering sanctions over THAAD, and sidestepped giving a direct answer on the submarine issue.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 2 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • For weeks, Pelosi had deflected questions about her political future, insisting her central focus was on ensuring that Prop 50 redistricting ballot measure passed in California.
    Lauren Peller, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • One idea suggests that the electron-positron pairs are deflected by weak intergalactic magnetic fields and that this bounces low-energy gamma-rays out of our line of sight.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Parried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parried. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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