Deflective

Word DEFLECTIVE
Character 10
Hyphenation de flect ive
Pronunciations N/A

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The word "deflective" in example sentences

Sister Schreck's deflective technique is one my four-year-old uses on a regular basis: Why am I in trouble for hitting my sister? ❋ Unknown (2009)

He is a bitter cocktail of amoral thug and deflective coward ... with a shot of self righteous bully — for that extra bit of burn on the way down to the pit of America's soul. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As well as learning to laugh at myself, it taught me to use humour as a deflective device when challenged, and this made growing up a whole lot easier. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Raccoon Island, one of the most densely populated islands with birds in the entire state was left with one layer of deflective inner harbor type boom, which was completely useless against the waves and the wind from a storm in early July. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Carrick videoed hundreds of feet of oiled orange deflective boom that was piled on breakwaters, unattended, and birds were perching in the mess. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not pertinent, unless for an oft-used deflective segue into 'Clinton vs Bush', which is O/T. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This U.S. Navy statement, deflective in nature, actually in ironic fashion, provides the answer when it states “the (US) Navy does not believe this was a deliberate incident of Chinese harassment, as it would have been extremely dangerous had the array gotten caught in the submarine's propellers …”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Maybe because I'm not much of a fan of stand-up comedy--I want to see the inner workings of a person, and comedy seems highly deflective. ❋ Fresca (2009)

This is an obvious preference for all the "good" being confined to one side of the color spectrum, while throwing a deflective sop. ❋ Steven Barnes (2009)

Even after a long string of deceptive and deflective statements and tactics, Comcast continues to degrade their traffic today. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I cannot imagine Canadian Press losing this gratuitous deflective action on Wall's part. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A controversial casting choice, Robert Pattinson, familiar from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, should rout the doubters with his performance and presence, investing Edward with a troubled hesitancy and a sly, deflective humor that suggest a post-Method actor without the mumbles. ❋ Wolcott, James (2008)

Then I noticed what seemed to be transparent deflective shields of some sort, ranged around at least part of that long proscenium. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The common windmill design used to capitalize on air currents, while centuries old, operates at around 1% efficiency in terms of the power it harvests from the wind, due to the deflective blade design and friction losses. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In a series of deflective moves, she accused me of dishonesty, implying strongly that I had made the quotations up after she removed some of them from her combox. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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