Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of parry.
Etymologies
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Examples
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John McCain parried away a question Wednesday about his supposedly hot-headed demeanor by talking up his long bipartisan record in the United States Senate.
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When a couple of soldiers let arrows loose at the retreating visitors, the magically augmented sword parried them with ease.
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His sword parried the stroke of one guard member, while he caught the weapon of the other and pulled it hard, yanking the soldier off-balance.
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As I was thrusting for his groin he "parried" (deflected) my stab up and into the neck protector.
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He successfully crushed a bloody insurrection by violent Islamists in the 1990s; he suppressed, brutally at times, a growing prodemocracy protest movement that gained steam in 2003 to 2005; and he parried until recently Washington's attempt to force substantive democratic reforms on Egypt, made most forcefully during the years of the George W. Bush administration.
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When Mr. Serra criticized Brazil's growing tax revenues as a symptom of the bigger bureaucracy and increased government spending that have developed under the current administration, she parried the criticism by reminding viewers of growing prosperity.
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Aidan sought to evade the guiding point of the sword, but every blow was parried.
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Mr. Sarkozy parried questions from journalists about his opposition to Turkish membership in the EU, describing Turkey as a big country with an important international role to play that should work closely with the EU.
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Arianna parried that the public cared far more about jobs than repeal in 2010 and 2011.
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Rebel fighters on Monday parried sniper fire and artillery attacks in Zawiya, 30 miles west of Tripoli, and Gharyan, to the south of the Libyan capital.
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