How to Use deflection in a Sentence

deflection

noun

• He scored with a deflection off another player's stick.
• There’s so much deflection from the root of the issues.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022
• Made the game-winning pass deflection on fourth down in the end zone in the win over the Raiders.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Kwan, playing left field, was too close to the wall and the deflection got past him.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 26 July 2022
• And in the case of the Maine shooting, this is a rather useful deflection.
  — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2023
• In the 76th minute, Ayala’s take from the edge of the box took a deflection and scooted just wide.
  — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
• Porter threw a bad pass, Rivers got the deflection and the ball wound up in Gordon’s hands.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2022
• Porsche brags of a new way of managing deflection steer in the rear wheels.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2023
• The first goal came on a deflection of a Matthew Tkachuk point shot in the second period.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2024
• Stephenson tracked the ball, caught the deflection and made a quick throw to third, where Donovan Solano tagged out the runner.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 10 July 2022
• Jeff Skinner scored his first goal of the night off a deflection from Tage Thompson’s shot at 6:34.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2022
• Madi Patterson breaks the tie in the 94th minute off a deflection.
  — Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
• The goal came somewhat predictably off of a tip-in deflection of a Miro Heiskanen shot.
  — R.j. Coyle, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• Then, in the 19th minute, McClatchy’s Nathanial Ochoa scored off a deflection.
  — Darren Sabedra, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Tomlinson caught the pass at the goal line off a Bayside deflection.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 8 Sep. 2023
• Wilson reached the end zone, but Randall Cobb was unable to haul it in off a deflection.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2023
• But, more or less against the run of play, Portland tied it on the Fromm-Delorme deflection and were at least tied after 2.
  — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 11 Mar. 2023
• Joking about trauma can be seen as a kind of deflection.
  — Nicole Froio, refinery29.com, 14 Nov. 2022
• Some people see this push as a deflection from the dairy industry.
  — Morayo Ogunbayo, ajc, 13 June 2022
• Each game, Wade awards the belt to the player who amassed the most of a key statistic — not points, rebounds or assists but total deflections.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 May 2023
• Gay had five tackles in the game — including one tackle for a loss — and one pass deflection.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2023
• And not from a place of denial or deflection about the reality, but rather from a place of aiding me through the hardship.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 3 July 2023
• Junior Moreno's shot took a heavy deflection on the way in and looped over Chicago goalkeeper Chris Brady for 1-0.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2023
• Brian Branch had a one-handed deflection leading to a missed field goal.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 22 Oct. 2022
• The Grizzlies’ best chance came in the 26th minute, but three quick deflections eventually wound up in the clutches of Souvanaphong.
  — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2024
• One came on a beautiful deflection that fluttered past Flames goalie Dustin Wolf and into the net.
  — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2024
• Running back Franco Harris catches the deflection at the Raiders’ 43-yard line and runs down the left sideline for a touchdown.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2022
• Morgan Weaver had the first real chance for Portland in the 14th minute, but her powerful shot took a deflection and went high.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2023
• The Winklevii aren’t the only crypto moguls playing the blame deflection game.
  — Max Chafkin, Bloomberg.com, 17 Jan. 2023
• Kudus replied two minutes later with a shot that took a slight deflection off a defender to sneak inside the far post.
  — CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024