parry
verb (used with object)
to ward off (a thrust, stroke, weapon, etc.), as in fencing; avert.
will parry
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future tenseof parry.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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Then again, your opponents will parry your attacks as well, sometimes over and over and over again. Occasionally you’ll even lock blades, making you vulnerable to a second opponent in the meantime.
From Forbes ● Oct. 9, 2012
You've but to lunge, and I will parry.
From Faust by Bayard Taylor
ALL, ALL, will be thrown on you!—I will parry the blow as much as in my power: I foresee much mischief brewing.
From The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson by Robert Southey
All, all, will be thrown on you: I will parry the blow as much as in my power; I foresee much mischief brewing.
From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Walter Runciman
I shall wait a while now to see how they will parry this thrust.
From Works of Martin Luther With Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther
