How To Use Parry In A Sentence

Her bare feet created a rhythm of their own as she moved all over the floor, lunging and retracting, parrying invisible foes.
While hibernation during the winter is found in a few arctic mammals such as the Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), most homeothermic animals are active throughout the year. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
All plants of O. parryi var. parryi sampled were solitary and all plants were shorter than one meter.
They tended to parry one question with another: 'What makes you say that? Times, Sunday Times
They tended to parry one question with another: 'What makes you say that? Times, Sunday Times

The anxiety that hovers over Parry is the extent of his musical profundity and insight.
He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
Methodist minister the Rev Ruth Parry said church members were elated that the planning wrangle, which had been rumbling on for many years, was finally over.
“A troublesome, inquisitive old gentleman,” said Tyrrel to himself; “I remember him narrowly escaping the bastinado at Smyrna, for thrusting his advice on the Turkish cadi — and then I lie under a considerable obligation to him, giving him a sort of right to annoy me — Well, I must parry his impertinence as I can.” Saint Ronan's Well
The Waterford keeper advanced from his line to spectacularly parry Holt's thunderous shot from 18 yards before the ball had been hacked to safety.
He broadcast his punch and the other man was able to parry it.
So far there has not been a virtuoso performance from England to parry the criticism. Times, Sunday Times
Secondly, fighters can choose to block incoming blows outright or parry them, providing a split second or two to get in a quick counterpunch.
Suddenly Constantine advanced and Alexander was driven back, parrying Constantine's attacks with his great sword.
Parry actually led the championship with seven holes to play until he made a triple bogey from the rough on No. 12, which enabled Van de Velde to regain the lead. Paul Lawrie wins British Open
Goalkeeper Neil Alexander, however, managed to parry his forceful drive wide and the chance of stealing a point was gone.
Experiments reported herein focused on cladodes of O. ficusindica and stem segments of O. parryi var. parryi (cylindropuntia).
They had no shields, and they didn't have the notion of parrying or blocking with their blades. Asimov's Science Fiction
The list of parrying beliefs is ponderous and long-standing. Ronald Thorpe: Become a Teacher
Linda, the daughter of Pembrokeshire county councillor, Norman Parry, rode side-saddle in her navy blue riding habit.
He stopped parrying my attacks, took two good shots on the chin, parried the kick I aimed at his gut and batted my leg aside.
Extemporaneous comedies were no longer played in the great cities, and Odo listened with surprise to the swift thrust and parry, the inexhaustible flow of jest and repartee, the readiness with which the comedians caught up each other's leads, like dancers whirling without a false step through the mazes of some rapid contradance. The Valley of Decision
The old 1970s TV recordings of his stories are worth downloading if you haven't seen them, although perhaps the most atmospheric way to experience one of his masterly bits of spookery is to go to one of actor Robert Lloyd Parry's superb solo performances as I did in January. A terrifying Christmas in prospect
“Ally avec les dam com a Parry, ou resty avec les Messew com on Onglyterre?” Mens Wives
Mrs Parry said she sees her retirement as a new chapter, when she hopes to do some travelling and, above all devote more time to her granddaughters, Hannah and Rebecca.
So many principals and chorus members shone that it's impossible to mention everyone: for me the best were Sam Parry, Adriana Gentile, Daniela Laughlin and Vahan Salorian.
Parry was due to serve breakfast to President Bush's top aides this morning, the newspaper said.
Delight is an understatement, but he keeps it all under perfect control, parrying a host of questions with the aplomb which has won him many admirers, including Rupert Murdoch.
There's also a stonking good sword fight, in which furniture gets overturned, weapons are scooped up on the fly and the combatants find themselves thrusting and parrying while perched precariously up in the rafters.
In two minutes I had his whole budget of the art laid bare to me; he had but four parries -- quarte and tierce for the high lines, with septime and second for the low ones -- and had never seen a counter-parry or lunge in the whole course of his misspent life. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn
I barely had time to parry her first blow with the shield before she was coming around again, sword raised and teeth bared in a white grimace.
Parry, who wants to play on kickoffs, could redshirt this year and have two years of eligibility left.
Now let's flash back to Parry's freshman season.
The sparry calcite is interpreted as a single phase of precipitation that infilled external moulds of the arthropod.
She began to parry and dodge their blazing fast attacks, but she was clearly outmatched and succumbed to their slashes and blows and was being pushed back.
If your timing is on the money, Nina will actually parry his attack, leaving him wide open for a countermove.
An attack following a parry. Times, Sunday Times
The first parry (usually called the Prime) Is a very useful tool.
McGeady was again at the heart of the move, his jink and shot forcing the goalkeeper Sergei Pareiko to parry. Estonia 0-4 Republic of Ireland | Euro 2012 play-off match report
With a parry and a sidestep, he deftly avoided the deadly club.
Or use timing to parry an attack. The Sun
Ms. Parry's appointment was moved to 10:30.
Instead of parrying, Celia crouched under the blade's arc and reprised with an upward thrust of her own weapon.
As a result of the incident, virtually every pro in Atlanta had to parry questions about Williams versus Tiger, caddies and loyalty in general. At PGA, It's How You Finish
Bradford Dudley Hill coach Graeme Hallas had to give his team a right royal rollocking at half-time in this LHF Healthplan National League Three game at Parry Lane.
Parry came down Hecla's side in this huge cloak that he didn't throw off even when all the men were assembled — most in costume, we had this huge trunk of costumes on each ship — and when he did throw down the cloak, we saw Parry as that old Marine — you remember the one with the peg leg what played the fiddle for ha'pennies near Chatham? The Terror
With only one arm operational, Jay was doing all he could to parry Anthony's attacks.
In pieces ranging from 1987 to 2004, Parry both animadverts on poststructuralism and its most visible postcolonial exponents and suggests theoretical terrain that remains largely ignored.
This particular knife was her pride and joy, a replica Knight's parrying dagger whose blade was finely engraved and sharp as a razor.
But the duality that was Aydrian was more than up to the challenge, his sword parrying and countering Brynn’s attacks even as the darkness within him fended the spiritual assault of both his parents. Immortalis
David Parry, conducting, takes the score slowly, generating an atmosphere of oppressive malignancy.
Most of the arthropods consist of an infill of sparry calcite with uniform luminescence.
Dr Gaille Parry from the Australian Veterinary Association, and Jo-Anne Youngleson seemed to have recorded that story in between a kennel and a wildlife park.
The humour is consistent right from the start and nearly always borders on ridiculous, which is a nice parry to the action.
The coachman who drove these Princesses of yours "-- Mrs. Parry always used this phrase disdainfully --" is a new man. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story
The next part was a flurry of movement - block, parry, thrust, twist, turn, step.
I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks.
We insurrectioned and, be the procuratress of the hory synnotts, before he could tell pullyirragun to parrylewis, I shuttm, missus, like a wide sleever! Finnegans Wake
I grabbed a fallen tree branch and used it to parry his attacks.
Well, nominally anyway: in fact, comics Matt Crosby, Tom Parry and Ben Clark use the credit crunch as little more than a jumping-off point for their usual overstuffed ragbag of imaginative, larger-than-life sketch comedy. This week's new comedy
Hollis found himself backed up against his car, trying to parry the thrusting beak with his leg. AMAGANSETT
Such a throwaway jibe reputedly once caused Phelps to fall out with school friends for years; Parry, a big, bluff Liverpudlian, will laugh it off more easily.
I will put on my head piece and corselet one day, and you shall hew at me, allowing me my broadsword to parry and pay back? The Fair Maid of Perth
Again footwork is often required to create the correct distance to allow you to parry the foible of the attacking blade.
I had no time to reflect -- just enough to leap back a pace or two, so as to bring all three of them in front of me, when I found my sword clashing against their blades, and parrying their blows one after the other. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse
The edge parry was used with the Highland broadsword and backsword by 1728.
The thrust and parry of wit in the single-line dialogues (_stichomythia_) pleased them more than it pleases us. Specimens of Greek Tragedy — Aeschylus and Sophocles
Parry came down Hecla's side in this huge cloak that he didn't throw off even when all the men were assembled — most in costume, we had this huge trunk of costumes on each ship — and when he did throw down the cloak, we saw Parry as that old Marine — you remember the one with the peg leg what played the fiddle for ha'pennies near Chatham? The Terror
Parry was running downfield , covering a kickoff when a teammate was knocked down and rolled into Parry's leg.
And the most important defensive skill is the parry, which is often followed by counter - riposte.
Or use timing to parry an attack. The Sun
When the arms and ammunitions ran out, the volunteers used blank weapons to parry the attacks.
York teenage sensation Nicola Parry has reached a new high in her rapid rise to rugby league stardom.
I did not want to wound him, but to restrict myself to defence, to parry his attacks.
Some call them "dumpster divers," but Ross Parry and Ash Falkingham like to count themselves among the Freegans - a growing band of foragers who seek to live entirely from the waste of others.
But he seemed to be taken by surprise and failed to make a clean contact as the other player was able to parry his shot at the expense of a corner.
If the attack is commenced when the opponent's blade is not in line, the attack may be completed either direct, or by one disengagement or by a cut-over, or else be preceded by successful feints which oblige the opponent to parry.
In view of the Major's terrible temper, this quarrel, mind you, had not the importance which it otherwise would have had; and we all flattered ourselves that we had well succeeded in parrying the coroner's questions. Lady Molly of Scotland Yard
The four Puritans tried to parry the blows. GOD'S SECRETARIES: The Making of the King James Bible
He has done well in parrying political attacks, first from his fellow Democratic rivals, and now from his Republican opponent. Taking to the Airwaves - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
To hack, and then get the blade back into position for parrying is very difficult and slow. The Sabre « Isegoria
I shouted, holding my sword as if I were ready to parry any attack.
Ted is no stranger to the misfortunes of war, as Simon Parry's excellent book Intruders over Britain eloquently relates.
It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.
Martin Parry, author of the report, says it's time for concerted action by world leaders.
Deb has a breakdown when her perfect parry turns out not to be.
One dancer who combines both kinds of performance is Shaun Parry, who teaches ballroom and swing at the Fred Astaire studios.
It traces from Norman times into Victorian, although its definition of ‘servant’ is rather broad, seemingly from the lowest scullion to the Queen Elizabeth's Chief Gentlewoman, Blanch Parry.
He was not the only one using humour to parry a straight question. Times, Sunday Times
Linda, the daughter of Pembrokeshire county councillor, Norman Parry, rode side-saddle in her navy blue riding habit.
If the opponent flèches a lot, learn to deal with this by making a quick parry of prime and riposte to the lower target - particularly right handed-left handed or left-right.
The Blue Archer quickly recovered and threw a few more punches, a few hitting their mark, parrying the retaliating blows well.
He feinted in sixte, however, dropped his point beneath the parry that followed, extended his arm in quatre; raised himself and his blade into something resembling a stop-thrust targeting the left shoulder as the parry crossed, turned his wrist, and slashed Dalt across the left forearm. Prince of Chaos
In order to do a precise disengage, you need a precise parry.
Fencing has developed over the centuries to become Europe's most refined martial art, and when one learns how to feint, lunge, parry and riposte it is possible to take this combative art to Olympic level.
If the attack is commenced when the opponent's blade is not in line, the attack may be completed either direct, or by one disengagement or by a cut-over, or else be preceded by successful feints which oblige the opponent to parry.
This regular disposition of lithoid basaltic lava and feldsparry vitreous lava is analogous to the phenomena of all trappean mountains; it reminds us of those phonolites lying in very ancient basalts, those close mixtures of augite and feldspar which cover the hills of wacke or porous amygdaloids: but why are the porphyritic or feldsparry lavas of the Peak found only on the summit of the volcano? Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
So far there has not been a virtuoso performance from England to parry the criticism. Times, Sunday Times
At one point, Parry struck himself in the face, and for the rest of the set he performed with a thin rivulet of blood running down his cheek.
Browne 2.43 quotes Parry as saying that there is one twin pregnancy in 23 extrauterine conceptions. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
Can you imagine being Michael and Carole Middleton, linked for the rest of their lives to the royal family, forever obliged to parry questions from their friends about its carryings-on, and subjected to relentless media attention without even the protection that royals enjoy? The cost of Kate Middleton's confirmation | Alexander Chancellor
With a complex twist of his wrist he tossed the bhaji onto a plate and it accelerated after the bounce so quickly that he hardly had time to parry it with his knife.
Jack yielded the parry, rolling his wrist into second to protect his right leg, and then jumped back again without riposting.
This regular disposition of lithoid basaltic lava and feldsparry vitreous lava is analogous to the phenomena of all trappean mountains; it reminds us of those phonolites lying in very ancient basalts, those close mixtures of augite and feldspar which cover the hills of wacke or porous amygdaloids: but why are the porphyritic or feldsparry lavas of the Peak found only on the summit of the volcano? Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America
But the smart girl behind the model was ready to parry all questions.
He was not the only one using humour to parry a straight question. Times, Sunday Times
Soldiers came in from behind, and she spun around, parrying their attacks, and blasting them with her fire.
Martin Parry, author of the report, says it's time for concerted action by world leaders.
*shoves parry-idol lobe in craynyum in bakk ob teh frontal lobe* HALP! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
An attack following a parry. Times, Sunday Times
The main musical comfort in his terrible mental and physical trials as the consumption gnawed ever more deeply into his vitals, was Sir Hubert Parry.
That is, how to lunge, parry quarte, feint, etc.
The parrying is the latest chapter in a protracted battle over roughly $26 million in tax increases contained in the budget, including new taxes or increases on taxes on fuel, liquor and tobacco. Bennington Banner Most Viewed
It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.
Parry was one of three executives to be rehired.
The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust.
As my editorial staff can vouch, there was hardly a day during the race for governor of California when I was not required to parry questions from the media, American and otherwise.
Liverpool manager admits taking gamble with striker sale to Tottenham (23): Tho Rafa should not bite the mouth that feeds him (gillet / hicks / parry) we know Rafa does not have total control, he's said clearly thats ... Soccer Blogs - latest posts
It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.
Tansini's approach is the antithesis of Parry's, replacing measured inexorability with a sequence of flurried, furtive conversations that hurtle into the stuff of nightmare.
Martha Parry and her dedicated stalwart team have devoted the past nine years to saving the only remaining historic building of significance in our town.
Breaking on the right, he cut in and hit a low, hard shot which the keeper could only parry into the net.
His blade came flying at her chest, and though she managed to parry the attack, the force behind it struck true.
‘I'm so glad I have someone smart sitting next to me, or life would be a bore,’ Jake thought as he prepared a verbal parry.
Mrs Parry said: ‘A two-sided clock could be seen from three directions and would reflect the comings and goings of the workers, which were governed by the clock and a hooter.’
Cain, as an invited questioner representing the National Restaurant Association, went head-to-toe with Clinton over the likely effect of his reform plan on small businesses and was so effective in parrying Clinton's replies that the president, visibly embarrassed, was forced to back down. Stewart J. Lawrence: Is There More to Herman Cain Than Meets the Eye?
Con stayed on the defensive, blocking and parrying, and occasionally countering when he thought there was an opening.
Show your opponent an opening then pull back to parry his counter attack.
During her response to the welcome home, Captain Parry said she watered Windeward Bound at some of the same spots used by Flinders and found the water still pristine.
The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust.
And, within the great hall, she was greeted by Master Parry, her cofferer, Master Runyon, her yeoman of the robes, and Master Mitchell, the feodary. Historic girls; stories of girls who have influenced the history of their times,
Panicking, I attempted to parry off my assaulter, but how could I do anything when I wasn't able to move at all?
In her clumsy attempt to parry she overreached herself and plummeted from the back of her horse, landing heavily on the ground.
Norman knights, that at least we have some weapon wherewith we can parry shaft and smite assailer, -- bring me forth, Godrith, my shield and my Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Complete
The four Puritans tried to parry the blows. GOD'S SECRETARIES: The Making of the King James Bible
Common wildflowers are a pink-flowered and a white-flowered bistort, Arctic shooting-star, three kinds of buttercups, Parrya nudicaulis, and Langsdorf's lousewort.
Martin Parry, author of the report,[Sentencedict] says it's time for concerted action by world leaders.
Yelping in pain he tried to parry her attacks, but the onslaught came so fast he stumbled, hitting the ground hard.
The parry is the main defensive skills, often followed by the counter - riposte.
The Slieve Bloom keeper could only parry the ball and watch it spin into the top corner of the net.
You can parry most incoming attacks with a well-timed sword strike, but in my mind, that's no substitute for being able to go completely defensive.
Most of the arthropods consist of an infill of sparry calcite with uniform luminescence.
The illustration shows a parry similar to the French foil parry of fifth.
She began to parry and dodge their blazing fast attacks, but she was clearly outmatched and succumbed to their slashes and blows.
The name of the parry is determined by the position where it finishes, e.g. the fencer starts on guard in the position of sixte, and when attacked parries by moving the blade laterally across the body to the parry of quarte.
Parry said he recognized most of the words in the bee, even the seemingly difficult ones, but hadn't heard of his nemesis -- the word freesia, a kind of plant. Www.the-daily-record.com's Homepage Articles
It is far easier to parry a direct blow than to stop it forcibly.

How To Use Parry In A Sentence

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