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Example sentences for: deflected

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Let us modify the device such that the cannonball, after hitting the paddle wheel and setting it spinning, is deflected downward onto the ground and digs a long shallow groove in the dirt, with high sides due to the displaced dirt.
By focusing attention on tone, it has deflected attention from content.
"As the process enters a crucial phase, the Government believes that President Clinton will keep Mrs. Kennedy Smith on as Ambassador and will not be deflected by the attacks."
A small skin incision was made in the knee and the patella deflected.
Cornell's boxes are like reliquaries infused with deflected eroticism and the magic of hopeless wishes.