Sentences with deflect
de·flect
D d - Cage changed his name to deflect accusations of nepotism. [VERB noun]
- The war did not deflect him from the path he had long ago taken. [VERB noun + from]
- A plan to control tourism, limit traffic, deflect flash floods.
- In the end, though, threats and broken glass did little to deflect him from pursuing the story, which, 12 years after Jennifer Tanner's death.
- He stuck out his boot and deflected the shot over the bar seconds before the final whistle. [VERB noun preposition]
- The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
- And said reports that he had slashed an officer with a sword were being used by police to deflect attention from the fatal shooting.