parry
verb (used with object)
to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
have parried
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present perfectof parry.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And he has his own powerful allies in Congress, notably Massachusetts Senators John Kerry and Ted Kennedy, who have parried both Kolbe and the GAO.
From Time Magazine Archive
How would he have parried questions about Tommy Smith?
From A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay
No pugilist or fencing-master could have parried a blow more neatly.
From The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 by Various
Had he been as clever as the authors of the Confession he could have parried that homethrust of Nathan, “Thou art the man.”
From The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election by Robert Wallace
A trained diplomat could not have parried the thrust more deftly.
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason
