Weekly Webster Words

Week Three- Parry

Hello all,

I hope you’ve enjoyed your week so far. It’s finally Saturday, which means we’ll be discussing today’s Word of the Day, which this week is parry. Here is the definition on the official Merriam-Webster site:

Parry has two basic meanings. To parry can be to defend yourself by turning away from or pushing aside a weapon, assault, etc., or to evade something, such as a question, especially by using a clever response.

// Players of the game must unfailingly parry blows from multiple varied attackers while progressing through a series of worlds.

// She is consistently able to parry even the most difficult questions reporters level at her.

Once again, I’ll keep it simple. All you have to do this week is include parry in a sentence or paragraph. Here’s my example:

“He isn’t a mole! You’re just overthinking what you heard,” Anastasia stammered, cheeks reddening as she clenched her fists. “Nikolai was close with Yuri when they were both little, and, and…”

“That doesn’t prove anything,” Sonya parried, her voice as cold as steel. “If anything, Yuri would be more likely to be tricked by a childhood friend. They’re the kind of people you let your guard down around. Face it, he’s working for the DSI, and we need to get rid of him before he rats us out and has us executed, or worse…”

(I have no idea if parry can actually be used as a dialogue tag, and I couldn’t find anyone using as such on the internet, but the point of these exercises is to improve our vocabulary and experiment, so I’m doing it anyways.)

Have fun and stay inspired!