| I keep going at it with guns blazing, but I do wonder if my mock-buffoonery is just a cover to deflect accusations of real buffoonery. |
| Otherwise, they can just use the boards to deflect criticism and take their suggestions under perpetual advisement. |
| He pulled his staff from his pocket to deflect one of her punches, and quickly jabbed her in the ribs with the tip of it. |
| Pick a large safe area as a backstop, like a dirt berm, free of rocks which might deflect a bullet. |
| He is self-deprecating and self-effacing and has used humor to deflect criticism about his inadequacy and deficiency. |
| She wore glasses over her Wedgewood eyes to deflect admiration, my father had told me. |
