1.   He deflected the blow with his forearm.

2.   He deflected the blow, and the razor edge cut deep into the gunwale of the ship.

3.   Scathach pushed her away, turning her in time to deflect the blow from another raider.

4.   Durbin started the game by hitting Craig Biggio, who deflected the blow with his elbow pad to save himself from getting hit in the head.

5.   Even when she plans a terrible revenge on Hector or a member of his brood, blind luck steps in to deflect the blow.

6.   Photographs of the scene showed deep bruises on her hands, perhaps from trying to deflect the blows.

7.   She batted the cup in mid-stream, like a boxer deflecting a blow, and tea splattered the kitchen.

8.   The girl had been shot in the arms and legs and her hands were maimed from deflecting machete blows.

9.   Eichel said Germany could partially deflect the blow of high oil prices by turning to high tech solutions for increasing energy efficiency and decreasing energy consumption.