All 12 Uses of
parry
in
Lord of Light
- Twice, he parried the staff.†
Part 2 *
- Yama fell back before this onslaught, giving ground foot by foot, moving only his wrist as he parried the blows that fell about him.†
Part 3
- His parries widened slightly, but his ripostes became more sudden now, and were interspersed with feints and unexpected attacks.†
Part 3
- The man in black raised his guard, shaking his head, parried another attack and thrust forward, to be parried again himself.†
Part 3
- The man in black raised his guard, shaking his head, parried another attack and thrust forward, to be parried again himself.†
Part 3
- Yet, the other met his attacks, parrying wider and wider, retreating faster and faster now, but still managing to hold him off as he backed away, counterthrusting as he went.†
Part 3
- He feinted then a chest cut, and at the last instant moved around the parry so that he lay the edge of his weapon high upon the other's wrist.†
Part 3
- Leaping backward, parrying wildly and cutting at Yama's head, the man in black came into a position at the head of the log that lay above the crevice that led down to the stream.†
Part 3
- Their blades bound and disengaged, feinted, thrust, parried, riposted.†
Part 3
- Casting aside the cloak and raising his guard, he parried Yama's new attack.†
Part 3
- With his dagger, which he drew as he sprang into a stumbling crouch, he managed to parry the high cut of the other's blade.†
Part 3
- There on the hill, Brahma parried Thunderbolt again and again, blood spurting from the stump of his severed left arm and streaming from wounds of the head and chest.†
Part 7
Definition:
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(parry) to avoid -- especially to deflect (cause something to change direction)in 2 primary senses:
- to avoid an attack -- especially a physical attack as when deflecting the thrust of a sword
- to avoid answering a question with a clever response that directs attention elsewhere