Verb (used with object) : to parry an embarrassing question. From Dictionary.com.
When a couple of soldiers let arrows loose at the retreating visitors, the magically augmented sword parried them with ease. From Wordnik.com. [Kingdoms of Light]
As I was thrusting for his groin he "parried" (deflected) my stab up and into the neck protector. From Wordnik.com. [Summit Daily News - Top Stories] Reference
Burnaby leant forward in his saddle and parried the. From Wordnik.com. [General Gordon Saint and Soldier] Reference
Isaiah's pale blue eyes parried the bouncer's glare. From Wordnik.com. [The Club] Reference
"I don't know where she lives," parried Mrs. Horton. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl Scouts at Home, or, Rosanna's Beautiful Day] Reference
A Sergeant o 'Pikes, I have pushed and have parried O. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
"You've noticed it, then, miss?" she parried uneasily. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
Hence that night raid which had been so neatly parried. From Wordnik.com. [Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold] Reference
Rattner parried my questions -- but they got under his skin. From Wordnik.com. [Did the government overpay in the auto bailout?] Reference
"Ask us no questions and we'll tell you no lies," parried Bob. From Wordnik.com. [The Radio Boys at the Sending Station Making Good in the Wireless Room] Reference
"Some day!" answered Dan, coolly, as he parried a furious blow. From Wordnik.com. [Young Glory and the Spanish Cruiser A Brave Fight Against Odds] Reference
He aimed a second blow at me, which I parried with my left arm. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference
Then the instructor led off, and the pupil parried and returned. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
But Miss 'Rill was unruffled, and parried her mother's suspicion. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference
"I'll answer that question when you come back," parried her mother. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer] Reference
No pugilist or fencing-master could have parried a blow more neatly. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879] Reference
Aileen parried; she enjoyed a little bout with Champney Googe's aunt. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
Forrester followed the blow with one of his own, but Mars parried quickly. From Wordnik.com. [Pagan Passions] Reference
"What would you like best?" he parried, studying the drawn face among the pillows. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
"If you had had any general principles you wouldn't have suspected me," parried Hippy. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Third Year at Overton College] Reference
She snubbed, and evaded, and parried, and liked him all the better for his pestering her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866] Reference
For years African leaders have parried Western critics by accusing them of neo-colonialism. From Wordnik.com. [Tough Talk] Reference
Beppo made a succession of wild strokes without any aim, which were parried without effort. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
He adroitly parried it with his arm, but in so doing received a severe wound in the shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
"One hears so many legends in every country of lost or buried or hidden treasure," she parried. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth Ace] Reference
But he, with ease and coolness, parried all my thrusts and played with me as if I were but a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Tory Maid] Reference
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