deflect
verb (used with or without object)
to bend or turn aside; turn from a true course or straight line; swerve.
will deflect
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future tenseof deflect.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“To have to fight to have that truth prevail is, I thought, what a privilege. And the arrows? Let the arrows come. We will deflect them, and break them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024
The plan to curb future spikes in energy bills will deflect much of the additional looming pressure on households and businesses - and prevent inflation accelerating much further.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2022
Instead, you will deflect and refer people to him, no gymnastics required.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 25, 2022
That way he will deflect the awkwardness and express his own comfort with his choices.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2014
Lockley knew that sharp points, when charged electrically, make tiny jets of ionized air which will deflect a candle flame.
From Operation Terror by Murray Leinster
