Deflect in a sentence as a verb

Hydraulic fractures tend to deflect when they reach such a phase interface, though.

A lower submission would deflect concerns it had problems borrowing cash from the markets."...

And the common willingness to rest on your laurels and deflect blame elsewhere is not going to lead to that willingness.

"...is a desperate attempt to deflect blame from Cover Oregon and the governor for their failures to manage a complex IT project.

Those systems are privately operated, and so nothing the government does to try to track, monitor, or deflect online attacks can benefit them.

Bending the truth or outright lying to your own customers in order to deflect blame for a decision that you made arbitrarily is entirely another.

"Worst case scenario, where you're convinced it really is solo work or where deflecting 'correctly' takes too much explanation, accept and deflect to the praiser.

They're designed to deflect the question by ignoring the request and asking another unrelated question or deflecting by humor.

Obviously there's no details at this point, but he absolutely takes responsibility, doesn't try to deflect or sugar coat it, and manages to find a tone that is both professional/serious, yet also down-to-earth and earnest.

Companies get all kinds of creative addressing marketing problems --- but when it comes to hiring, they plug "reqs" into "job boards" and then try to "deflect" the "pretenders".Calibrate your outreach so that you can safely pay individual attention to all candidates.

Deflect definitions

verb

prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"

verb

turn from a straight course, fixed direction, or line of interest

See also: bend

verb

turn aside and away from an initial or intended course

verb

draw someone's attention away from something; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors"

See also: distract

verb

impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); "block an attack"

See also: parry block