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Six example sentences with parry, each labelled with its topic.
Her coach drills the parry until the blade moves before the mind does, hundreds of repetitions every session.
Fitness
The duel runs ninety seconds without a cut, and every parry was choreographed to land on a musical beat.
Movies
A fast shutter froze the parry so cleanly that you can see the blade bending under the force of contact.
Photography
Renaissance fencing manuals illustrate each parry with a woodcut, numbering the blade positions that masters still teach.
History
Dumas describes the parry in a single line, the blade sweeping in a circle to carry the lunge harmlessly wide.
Literature
The electronic scoring box registers a touch but not a parry, so the referee still watches for blade contact.
Technology
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