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  • He deflects all their questions.†   (source)
  • The ships that escaped his deadly grasp banked around and sprayed him with laser bolts and machine-gun fire, but both deflected harmlessly off his armored alien skin.†   (source)
  • He learned to be careful when shooting from a foxhole, lest he hit a tree and wound himself with deflected shrapnel.†   (source)
  • The rest of the class was very eager to leave; Moody had given them such a rigorous test of hex-deflection that many of them were nursing small injuries.†   (source)
  • A blur of white motion deflected the shaft down into the grass as the bear lunged.†   (source)
  • Luke deflected it easily, but I saw a change in his face.†   (source)
  • Loren set down his tool and kind of deflected Harold's progress toward him.†   (source)
  • Her arms ached as they were shaken from their slumber, but she continued to deflect and parry.†   (source)
  • I punched shots away; I deflected shots over the goalpost; I came out and slid into them before they could get shots off.†   (source)
  • Hatter deflected them into crystal byways by spinning his top-hat blades so quickly that the force of their wind sent the orbs reeling.†   (source)
  • "Vogel," Lewis continued, "how far can we deflect in thirty-nine minutes with the ion engines?"†   (source)
  • "Do you enjoy it?" he asks, deflecting.†   (source)
  • Thomas ducked toward the floor and reached up with his hands to deflect the blow.†   (source)
  • He checked the next blow, spun away from the second, deflected the third.†   (source)
  • Deflection.†   (source)
  • Zaphod Beeblebrox would not be needing his set speech and he gently deflected the one being offered him by the spider.†   (source)
  • I try to deflect the mood by turning around and asking Karen if she has a sack we can use for our things.†   (source)
  • The blast waves are like sound waves—they bounce and deflect.†   (source)
  • The orange vendor deflects this nonsense with a yawn.†   (source)
  • I don't tell her how I split the dead tree's trunk straight down the middle through telekinesis, or how Henri threw knives at me that I deflected into a sandbag fifty feet away.†   (source)
  • The arrestor rods glowed, hissed, and deflected arc after arc of blue-white death over and around our small campsite.†   (source)
  • Geyer would have agreed, except that his own search had revealed again and again Holmes's talent for deflecting scrutiny.†   (source)
  • Mysteries, like irony, make great use of deflection.†   (source)
  • It means you can see bad things coming and deflect them.†   (source)
  • The bullet had made a shallow penetration and deflected away.†   (source)
  • Just as he was about to crumple to his knees, the Asian woman stepped closer and deflected his attention.†   (source)
  • Besides, I assume he'd cleverly deflect the subject, same as he did when I suggested it would make more sense for him to live indoors.†   (source)
  • Lynn launches a plastic cup at him, which he deflects.†   (source)
  • He can't resist deflecting any sincerity with a quick line of movie dialogue.†   (source)
  • But he could feel the demanding race consciousness within him, his own terrible purpose, and he knew that no small thing could deflect the juggernaut.†   (source)
  • DeWeese looks at me, seems about to comment on my appearance, which is undoubtedly much different from what he remembers, but something deflects this and he turns to John instead and asks about the trip.†   (source)
  • The sea rose up from behind the fog and welled underneath the Susan Marie so that the coffee cup on the cabin table fell to the floor, and the angle of deflection high up the mast was enough to jar loose the astonished man who hung there not grasping the nature of what was happening, and still he did not foresee his death.†   (source)
  • Count Rugen was a bit surprised that his point had been deflected, but there was nothing wrong with piercing a helpless man's shoulder.†   (source)
  • Then he uncovered his right forearm, revealing a bruise that matched the one on his other arm, given when he had deflected a sword with his bracer.†   (source)
  • I continued to bedevil the Law Society and registrar with demands, which they continued to deflect.†   (source)
  • He flings a saw-toothed dagger at my chest, and I only just deflect it with my scim.†   (source)
  • "There's not much to tell," Katie protested, hoping to deflect the line of questioning.†   (source)
  • Qendrim dove headfirst, arms at his sides, like a spear, and executed a perfect header, deflecting the ball and freezing the goalie—another score.†   (source)
  • Wes ran to the gourmet grocery where Delia was owed a favor, and Kristy and I just kept walking through with more appetizers, deflecting all queries about when dinner was being served with a bat of the eyelashes and a smile (her idea, of course).†   (source)
  • AMONG THE last prisoners to show up in May, before the Camp was "closed" to deflect Martha Stewart to another facility, were three new political prisoners, pacifists like Sister Platte.†   (source)
  • He shrugged and shook his head, refusing to be deflected.†   (source)
  • At the reception Janice was impressed by Adam's poise when he graciously deflected any focus that came his way from relatives and friends aware of his recovery and sobriety.†   (source)
  • I was falling for the deflecting technique again, not that Havoline Oil had anything cloyingly poetical about it.†   (source)
  • He had trained us, as children, to deflect the phone-call requests for media interviews that never diminished over the years.†   (source)
  • "Mother wore that necklace to her wedding," I said, hoping to deflect her thoughts.†   (source)
  • There are too many feelings coming off those girls, and I'm not good at deflecting them.†   (source)
  • I wouldn't understand it until later, but the ADA was flirting with Tess and she, swiftly and with a skill developed from experience, deflected him.†   (source)
  • She studied me, her face contorted, her head turning as if she wouldn't give me her direct glance, as if she must deflect an overpowering feeling of revulsion.†   (source)
  • I leaned forward in mine, trying to become a wall between Lena and Emily's minions like I could physically deflect their comments.†   (source)
  • She didn't hold it against them, and he saw how she deflected them, usually with some kindness, some small generosity.†   (source)
  • Above the door frame to the bedroom, Hema hung a mask of a bearded devil with bloodshot eyes, his tongue sticking out—a further deflection of the evil eye.†   (source)
  • It hit the finger section of my glove, deflected off, smashed into the upper rim of the left lens of my glasses, glanced off my forehead, and knocked me down.†   (source)
  • At times she seemed to absorb each word, and at times she seemed to deflect them, as if overwhelmed.†   (source)
  • And absent of either, he resorted to deflecting his pain by killing.†   (source)
  • They stood back to back in some neighborhoods, frantically scanning the rooftops for snipers, deflecting rocks with plastic shields.†   (source)
  • We're deflecting most of the local inquiries with an ersatz story about a massive propane-gas leak, but not too many people are buying it.†   (source)
  • There might have been some risk that the sound of the breaking window would be heard and someone might have reacted …. but your house sits at an angle and the sound was deflected by the facade.†   (source)
  • I had simply deflected what I felt necessary in order to protect my security clearance.†   (source)
  • With no deflecting wind, it was . perfect and driftless, heaped in comical proportion on the branches of the six small cherry trees her father had planted last year.†   (source)
  • He slashed with the seraph blade as they rolled across the floor, and she deflected his blows easily, moving so fast she was a blur.†   (source)
  • Max stared at the table while Miss Boon and Mr. Vincenti answered or deflected questions about grades, room locations, class awards, and school supplies.†   (source)
  • Janza's fist sank into his lower stomach but Jerry had deflected part of the force of the blow.†   (source)
  • It then pierces the governor's wrist and deflects off the bones and into his left thigh, where it finally comes to rest.†   (source)
  • I wish I could have had some practice with the sword before using it in a fight, but it's my best bet to deflect the chains.†   (source)
  • The method was to refuse to deflect retribution.†   (source)
  • In a fight he used the elbow of his left arm as a deflector and his "fightin' right" to punch with.†   (source)
  • On the ballroom floor she stood out in her animal or shell fish beauty but claws and caterpillar bulges tended to deflect suitors from thoughts of seduction.†   (source)
  • I understood that her two rooms, the tiny bathroom adjoining them, and the kitchen and pantry, constituted the sphere of her influence, and she was quick to deflect any interest on my part to look into the cabinets or closets.†   (source)
  • With his left arm he brought his sword up to deflect Alessandro's bayonet, and with his right hand, and a huge grunt, he swung the mace at the center of the rifle, intending to knock it from Alessandro's hands.†   (source)
  • Why should they have to deflect the neighbors' questions about him?†   (source)
  • I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.†   (source)
  • Drizzt bore in, his two scimitars whirling and jabbing, thrusting high and low too quickly for the barbarian king to deflect both.†   (source)
  • Despite Tom Short's warning, a large part of my trial strategy was to deflect attention away from Angel and to put Reverend Tester on trial.†   (source)
  • Which turned black as night as they attempted to deflect the massed photons.†   (source)
  • While my fellow students were already establishing themselves in various esoteric specialties, most of which they invented for themselves on the theory that if you are the only specialist in a given field you need fear no competition, I was still unable to deflect my interests from the general to the particular.†   (source)
  • Perhaps they had thrown her out to deflect the avengers.†   (source)
  • A shot through the windshield was almost certain to miss because of light refraction or bullet deflection.†   (source)
  • But Nathan was not to be deflected.†   (source)
  • Star got a fair hit at hers but it deflected on bone and kept coming and I kicked it in the shoulder as I was still trying to free my blade from its cousin.†   (source)
  • Partly, he managed to deflect it, to absorb some of its force.†   (source)
  • There's no longer the slightest doubt of it; and began to sign herself with the Cross in prayer for the dead, but sharply remembering we do not know, and feeling as if she had been on the verge of exercising malign power against him, deflected the intention of the gesture towards God's mercy upon him, in whatsoever condition he might now be.†   (source)
  • The Bugatti spun upon the corner and was hit by the Bentley, which was deflected into the path of the oncoming Jaguar, which rolled over twice and finished right side up by the roadside without a driver.†   (source)
  • (Reads) "The Church of England, that finest flower of our Island genius for compromise; that system, peculiar to these shores, the despair of foreign observers, which deflects the torrents of religious passion down the canals of moderation.†   (source)
  • After all, she had perhaps purposely deflected the conversation from her own affairs, and after the pain his last words had evidently caused her he felt that all he could do was to follow her lead.   (source)
  • The ionosphere deflects radio waves.
  • The missiles deflected off Aegis, but the force of their impact knocked Thalia down.†   (source)
  • Snow drinking from the poisoned cup himself to deflect suspicion.†   (source)
  • Lit struck again, and Jason deflected his blade.†   (source)
  • "In thirty-nine minutes we'd deflect ….†   (source)
  • "Incarc-"Harry roared, but Snape deflected the spell with an almost lazy flick of his arm.†   (source)
  • But as the giant raised his spear, Jason knew there was no way he could deflect this strike.†   (source)
  • Tyson couldn't deflect all those balls at once.†   (source)
  • My shield deflected the point, but I felt a painful tingling all over my body.†   (source)
  • The way he focuses on it, deflecting Meredith and Rashmi's conversation, is …. purposeful.†   (source)
  • My curse was deflected by the woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself.†   (source)
  • I deflected it off the edge of my blade and kept charging.†   (source)
  • What irony chiefly involves, then, is a deflection from expectation.†   (source)
  • He then made her dive to deflect one away for a corner kick.†   (source)
  • I lift my hand and deflect it away and it misses by a foot.†   (source)
  • 'Well,' said Harry, refusing to be deflected.†   (source)
  • Both had lifted visors streaked with deflection scars and their faces were very hard.†   (source)
  • There's that net, clearly strung to deflect any such attack.†   (source)
  • Chunks of cement and adobe brick flew at us, but Amos summoned the wind and deflected them.†   (source)
  • Caught off-guard, he only had time to deflect, his parry lost in his size.†   (source)
  • " Haymitch takes a swipe with his knife but Peeta deflects it so easily it's pathetic.†   (source)
  • Mountaineering tends to draw men and women not easily deflected from their goals.†   (source)
  • But he knew he could not let any consideration deflect him.†   (source)
  • He managed to deflect the spear, but it grazed his shoulder, and his arm went numb.†   (source)
  • I deflect it and lift the scout again and throw it even harder.†   (source)
  • "Fine, that was a cheap shot," he admitted, bringing his sword up to deflect another blow.†   (source)
  • Amos deflected them with wind and lightning.†   (source)
  • Its meaning can be deflected from the expected meaning.†   (source)
  • I almost deflect them until I realize that it's Sarah.†   (source)
  • "Hmm?" she grunted, lunging to deflect his newest attack.†   (source)
  • And the test at the chasm bridge, when I'd deflected those daggers—that hadn't seemed like me.†   (source)
  • I raised my wand and deflected the bolt of energy straight up.†   (source)
  • I try to deflect the blast but it's too strong.†   (source)
  • Dorian swung his sword, grunting as Chaol easily deflected the blow and parried.†   (source)
  • She could only bound back, deflecting the blow with the iron tip of the staff.†   (source)
  • I deflect it with the pocketknife but the weight of the sword snaps the blade in two.†   (source)
  • But he deflected, and though she spun and tried to knock him in his stomach, he blocked her again.†   (source)
  • Chaol deflected, feigned, then thrust so hard that Dorian stepped back.†   (source)
  • He flung some at Percy, who instinctively deflected it with his will.†   (source)
  • But the second man managed to give the trunk a hard shove, just enough to deflect it away from them.†   (source)
  • His first cut was low, and Victarion deflected it off his axe.†   (source)
  • Ronnie would not be deflected, not this time.†   (source)
  • The turtle's filmy inner eyelids blinked with uncanny precision, deflecting each shot.†   (source)
  • At first, I try to deflect her, unwilling to go on the offensive.†   (source)
  • She was airborne and he made no attempt to deflect her blow.†   (source)
  • I raised a green shield of magic to deflect the fire.†   (source)
  • Only a desperate parry deflected the next, as Vyndra now took his time, aiming with deliberation.†   (source)
  • He belatedly lifted Brisingr to deflect the blow.†   (source)
  • Jason intercepted it with his sword and deflected it sideways.†   (source)
  • Jason deflected it over Percy's head and into the lake.†   (source)
  • Roran lifted his hammer and barely managed to deflect the razor-sharp blade.†   (source)
  • The great axe arced down, and though Drizzt was able to deflect its path, the effort numbed his arm.†   (source)
  • We tried to deflect the SF round with THAD, but it didn't even faze it."†   (source)
  • I hoped to deflect his suspicion by playing to his greed.†   (source)
  • He's good at deflecting and even better at ignoring my snide remarks.†   (source)
  • But he realized that she wasn't clinging to him in order to deflect guilt.†   (source)
  • I suspect he had an inventory of these preemptive phrases to deflect inquiries while not offending.†   (source)
  • Eragon saw the spear coming and tried to deflect it with a spell but was too slow.†   (source)
  • The ball brushed his hands and deflected just under the bar to tie the game 2–2.†   (source)
  • He threw it at the cable, but Sam deflected the blade with her ax.†   (source)
  • Deflect questions about yourself with jokes.†   (source)
  • I intercepted with Riptide, but his strike was so powerful, my blade could only deflect it.†   (source)
  • Patsy deflected, "Take a chill pill, I'll pay you back.†   (source)
  • "No, I'm too busy trying to deflect your Power of Stupidity.†   (source)
  • Why did your wards fail to deflect Zar'roc, though?†   (source)
  • And he also cast a spell to stop or deflect whatever might harm them.†   (source)
  • Desjardins raised a shield to deflect the shards.†   (source)
  • Just like a teenager might resort to deflecting the pain of rejection by cutting.†   (source)
  • At the last moment, Justin pulled his sword up and deflected the blow.†   (source)
  • My mind went on autopilot: stab, dodge, cut, deflect, roll.†   (source)
  • Blocking his friends, he deflected it, but a corner still struck him a terrible blow on the head.†   (source)
  • The stone deflected off the unfortunate dwarf's temple, snapping his neck violently to the side.†   (source)
  • The dead followed, their shields locked on either side and over their heads, deflecting all attacks.†   (source)
  • He deflected Eragon's probe with a flick of his thoughts.†   (source)
  • I deflected as another tear trickled down my cheek.†   (source)
  • A bolt of dark energy shot toward me, but I deflected it off my blade and slammed into him.†   (source)
  • The man followed with his left fist, which Thomas also deflected.†   (source)
  • Eragon stabbed, and Murtagh used his shield to deflect the attack.†   (source)
  • Shouting, Galbatorix charged at him, and Eragon deflected the king's clumsy blow.†   (source)
  • Barst deflected the spear with his mace, then swung at Roran.†   (source)
  • I've flung out my arms to protect as much of his broken body as possible, so there's nothing to deflect the lash.†   (source)
  • I deflected one with my sword.†   (source)
  • The tiny number of people who henceforth knew of Ariana's existence could be counted upon to keep the secret, including her two brothers, who had deflected awkward questions with the answer their mother had taught them.†   (source)
  • He picked up a fork and began shoveling scrambled eggs into his mouth, hoping to deflect any invitation to join in this part of the conversation.†   (source)
  • The dagger should've impaled me in the chest, but somehow I deflected it with my blade and sent it sailing into the abyss.†   (source)
  • He was improving so fast it was quite unnerving and when Harry taught them the Shield Charm — a means of deflecting minor jinxes so that they rebounded upon the attacker — only Hermione mastered the charm faster than Neville.†   (source)
  • But according to Sikhdar's meticulous trigonometric reckoning (which took into account such factors as curvature of the earth, atmospheric refraction, and plumb-line deflection) Peak XV stood 29,002 feet above sea level, the planet's loftiest point.†   (source)
  • He had no desire to doubt again; he did not want o hear anything that would deflect him from his purpose.†   (source)
  • The man deflected it with his forearm, a red gash appearing there as the two of them collided and rolled across the floor, struggling against each other.†   (source)
  • The Hephaestus cabin had set up traps around the entrance to the Labyrinth-razor wire, pits filled with pots of Greek fire, rows of sharpened sticks to deflect a charge.†   (source)
  • The letter-writer, apparently an engineer, estimated the wind deflected the wheel to one side by only an inch and a half.†   (source)
  • To his consternation, he ran into a power that would not allow him to get closer, as if some magnetic force increased in direct opposition to his effort, deflecting him back into the room.†   (source)
  • It was the plausibility of such a plan, the perfect way such a plan could deflect the neighbors' knowledge of you.†   (source)
  • Nathaniel deflects the compliments from staffers as we make our way toward the hall, stopping at an entryway marked "Stage Level Door 1."†   (source)
  • Nothing would ever deflect Professor Binns, for example, from plowing on through his notes on goblin rebellions — as Binns hadn't let his own death stand in the way of continuing to teach, they supposed a small thing like Christmas wasn't going to put him off.†   (source)
  • Dumbledore flicked his own wand: the force of the spell that emanated from it was such that Harry, though shielded by his golden guard, felt his hair stand on end as it passed and this time Voldemort was forced to conjure a shining silver shield out of thin air to deflect it.†   (source)
  • Two nuclear" devices were actually detonated against Ouster staging areas: the first was deflected by energy fields and the second destroyed a single scoutship which may have been a decoy.†   (source)
  • I gave Tyson a ten-foot pole and told him that his job was to push the other chariots away if they got too close, and to deflect anything they might try to throw at us.†   (source)
  • "Blocked again and again and again until you learn to keep your mouth shut and your mind closed, Potter!" sneered Snape, deflecting the curse once more.†   (source)
  • I lunged at the thing that used to be Luke, thrusting my blade straight at his chest, but his skin deflected the blow like he was made of pure steel.†   (source)
  • Finnick chooses a campsite about ten yards below the force field, saying we can use it as a weapon by deflecting our enemies into it if attacked.†   (source)
  • Paul's defensive reactions were blindingly fast, but they moved each time at the precisely correct angle they would take if a shield were helping deflect part of Jamis' blow.†   (source)
  • I ask again if he's serious about seeing a psychiatrist and this time he deflects, saying he might consider it at some point.†   (source)
  • I ran for my sword, scooped it up, and launched a swipe at Ares's face, only to find my blade deflected again.†   (source)
  • He scrambled up and saw the snake outlined against the landing light: It struck, and Hermione dived aside with a shriek; her deflected curse hit the curtained window, which shattered.†   (source)
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