All 3 Uses of
parry
in
The Sea of Monsters
- Annabeth moved in on my left and tried to distract one of the heads, parrying its teeth with her knife, but another head swung sideways like a club and knocked her into the muck.†
Chpt 10
- I parried, returned with a thrust.†
Chpt 18parried = avoided
- He slashed at Annabeth, and I parried the blade away.
Chpt 19 *parried = deflected (forced in a harmless direction)
Definition:
to block or deflect an attack; or to avoid answering something by responding cleverly or indirectly