| Whirling around, he swung hard with the Golden Axe, deflecting a flurry of knives that had been thrown in his direction. |
| The resilience of its merchant groups in deflecting the European efforts at monopolizing the carrying trade in the Indian Ocean was impressive. |
| He turns misses into points by rebounding the ball, by deflecting rebounds to a teammate or with a well-timed putback. |
| Some of these approximate perfect round beads, creating scintillating effects in deflecting light rays. |
| Even so, architects are carefully vetting developer agreements in hopes of deflecting litigation. |
| I had put a robe on over my nightgown and both garments together did a fair job of deflecting the faint breeze. |
