parry
verb (used with object)
to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
was parrying
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past progressiveof parry.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He was parrying tough questions on a big stage for the first time, facing an audience who knew him only as the Angry L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
Whittingham squandered a chance inside the first four minutes, when he dragged wide with only Weale to beat, and moments later the Leicester keeper was parrying a free-kick from the same player wide.
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2010
Father Roland was parrying his straight blows like an adept.
From The Courage of Marge O'Doone by Lester Ralph
He was fighting with a student named Biederwig, and the latter's sword-blade snapped in two as Otto was parrying his fierce attack.
From Historic Boyhoods by Rupert Sargent Holland
Shortly thereafter a German reconnoitring group, which was parrying the destroyer attack, received an attack from the northeast.
From History of the World War, Vol. 3 by Francis Andrew March
