How to Use parry in a Sentence

parry

verb
  • He parried and then threw a punch.
  • He parried the thrust of his opponent's sword.
  • She cleverly parried the reporters' questions.
  • Friedrich tries to parry this point head-on.
    — Andrew Zaleski, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2026
  • In combat, the goal isn’t to block or parry.
    — Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Programs parry the loss of depth but searching for their own transfer.
    — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
  • Esparza parried with his left hand, knocking his radio to the ground.
    — Priscella Vega, Daily Pilot, 31 July 2019
  • The king has parried calls for democratic reforms over his three-decade reign.
    — Sewell Chan, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2018
  • His other attacks can be parried.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Attinella did well to parry the ball behind him to keep it from crossing the line.
    — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Or, more often, found their effort parried by the legs or the body of a defender in their path.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 28 June 2018
  • Hand-to-hand combat presents its own hurdles as players must learn to parry and dodge attacks.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024
  • You’ve clearly been trained to parry difficult questions with a both-sides dodge.
    — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2023
  • One of the issues Bayandir had had this season is his tendency to not parry the ball to the sides.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Biden took on the most fire, but parried it and, as front-runner, benefits the most from a no-decision.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Biden is an experienced debater and knew how and when to parry the attacks that kept coming at him.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • In a perfect fight, the strikes are dramatic and swing close to their partner’s body, with attacks parried away by a sword.
    — Ryan Gillespie, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 July 2017
  • For more than two hours, Biden parried the unrelenting attacks.
    — Dana Milbank, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2019
  • When timed right, Musashi parries a slash, creating an opening to eliminate a foe.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Toranaga is engaged in a constant thrust and parry with the council.
    — Ryu Spaeth, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
  • But his right-footed attempt was parried wide by Panama's Jose Calderon.
    — Billy Heyen, cleveland.com, 15 July 2017
  • The solution here isn’t to try to parry every court action but to constrain the court’s ability to launch these blows.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 31 July 2024
  • Players also have an unblockable and undodgable red attack that must be parried, a move learned late in the campaign.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The player and coach who have never parried excuses were making an excuse that could be used by every other team in the league.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Yoplait tried to parry with its own new brand, Yoplait Greek, at the beginning of 2010.
    — John Kell, Fortune, 22 May 2017
  • Killion had a good strike, sending the ball low and toward the left post, but Franch got down quickly and with a strong left hand, parried the ball wide.
    — Molly Blue, OregonLive.com, 3 June 2017
  • Clark had to deny Paulo’s power again in the 61st minute, lunging to parry away a similar blast.
    — Caitlin Murray, oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Lego’s classic button-mashing combat is spiced up with dodge and parry prompts to evade gunfire and counter incoming attacks.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 26 May 2026
  • Lego’s classic button-mashing combat is spiced up with dodge and parry prompts to evade gunfire and counter incoming attacks.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 22 May 2026
  • Musashi clears the tendril, enters another battle, and parries the Genma with ease.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 11 June 2025

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