parrying

present participle of parry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parrying
Verb
  • Villa have enjoyed a successful style, evading risk and playing with precision.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Thomas Phillips and his children – believed to be ages 9, 10 and 12 – had been evading police in a remote part of the country’s North Island since December 2021, triggering a manhunt that gripped the nation.
    Todd Symons, CNN Money, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This was a logical progression in the war, as well as a response to the contradictions at the heart of an American policy that sought to assist Ukraine while avoiding direct confrontation with Russia.
    Robert Kagan, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
  • This means not just avoiding harm, but also actively promoting health and well-being preventively.
    Kristen Moon, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that film, Redford plays Forrest Tucker, a real-life career criminal known for escaping from prison several times and for committing a string of audacious bank robberies well into his later years.
    Hannah Parry Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Earth saw a strong geomagnetic storm Sunday night, NOAA reported, reaching a G3 (on a scale of 5) due to the impact of solar winds escaping from a cooler, dense region of the Sun.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Wonnum into safety Tre’von Moehrig and then went off to the races after eluding safety Nick Scott.
    DIAMOND VENCES, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Tony and Zive take off, eluding Henry and the Interpol agents storming the hospital.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The viral trend has fueled fiery online debates — with TikToks showing everything from brides dodging cake by bending over backwards to grooms chasing their new wives across the room just to land the smash.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Why then, after dodging bullets and a couple of explosive shellings, look at the president’s role in the economy on fall Sunday when the NFL stops the nation in its tracks save for DraftKings ?
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Videos of the shooting show witnesses screaming in horror and ducking for cover after the bullet struck Kirk in the neck.
    Peter D'Abrosca , Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Then, everyone started ducking down.
    Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Fixed a bug where Executor could not use pre-inputs for actions after deflecting an enemy attack with the Cursed Sword under certain circumstances.
    Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Tart remained in the game and came up with two big plays, deflecting a pair of passes by Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — including one on a two-point conversion attempt that would have tied the game 20-20.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Environmental groups and the Miccosukee tribe had sued the state and federal government for sidestepping federal environmental regulations when erecting the site in an airstrip in Big Cypress National Preserve.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The two countries have also increasingly settled transactions in rubles and yuan with Putin announcing that 90% of the two countries transactions are being settled in those currencies as of December 2024, sidestepping Western financial systems.
    Earl Carr, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Parrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrying. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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