Politicians tend to parry the difficult questions they are asked. From LearnThat.org.
The nearest thing to a parry is called “cutting off”. From Wordnik.com. [Quote of the day: "...if you frighten easily, do not learn how to fence."] Reference
With a swift short sword parry that left his opponent's guard open, the leader withdrew his broadsword from the chest of his enemy. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragons at War]
It was one of those mean feminine thrusts to parry which is to acknowledge, to ignore is to admit fear. From Wordnik.com. [From One Generation to Another] Reference
In a parry his sword broke off short near the hilt. From Wordnik.com. [Bakemono Yashiki (The Haunted House), Retold from the Japanese Originals Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 2] Reference
I could not parry this off, but am in pain about it. From Wordnik.com. [George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life] Reference
She was starting to parry when the Marines fired, and both. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
But it would never have occurred to me to parry her queries. From Wordnik.com. [The Bacillus of Beauty A Romance of To-day] Reference
Now this was a home-thrust, George, which I could not parry off. From Wordnik.com. [Life in London or, the Pitfalls of a Great City] Reference
The hand of death is upon him -- in vain would he parry the blow. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
Boxers train to punch and parry, but nothing prepares them for death. From Wordnik.com. [Eye Of The Tiger] Reference
Choose a dagger with a strong basket-hilt; it is very useful to parry. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
One alert in the rally and skirmish, clever to parry and foin and spar. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
He glanced about desperately for something with which to parry Brecken's bar. From Wordnik.com. [This World Must Die!] Reference
Therefore, he studied for days that he might in a humorous way parry the jibes. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
So that for the present there is only the sword of the southern pecan promoter to parry. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
Then his habitual conceit arose and he tried to parry with his eye that keen piercing gaze of the other. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia Schuyler] Reference
Indeed I was glad some one else had to parry the numberless questions put to him respecting his disappearance. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
Swann, after two smooth boundaries, could only parry a delivery into the slip cordon and England were on the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Prior digs deep but debutant Wahab Riaz leaves England in a hole] Reference
I was able to parry the fourth blow and lock my hand around his throat as we rolled the cigarette-butt covered floor. From Wordnik.com. [How I met Kraai] Reference
The blue blades sprang from cut to parry like live things, and in the light I saw the same cruel smile, line for line, in both faces. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Then, following Tchoyi's cross, the keeper repeated the feat to parry Giles Barnes's downward header before blocking Tchoyi's follow-up. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Cox is West Brom's hero as Manchester City waste trophy chance] Reference
Thus far Hu has tried to parry public pressures with stopgap measures, incremental reforms and selective punishment of corrupt officials. From Wordnik.com. [Party Politics: Will The Real Hu Jintao Please St] Reference
They ask you questions impossible to answer, but which you are obliged to parry in an underhand manner, so as not to expose your ignorance. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow."] Reference
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