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
Stubbs could better have parried a less indelicate, a less childish thrust; as it was, he reached for his hat.
From My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Any ordinary person would have parried that question by a semblance of indignation or by asking what I meant by it.
From The Jervaise Comedy by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
Had the baron proposed for her hand, it is not impossible that, facing the question directly, she would have parried or evaded.
From The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation by Harry Leon Wilson
