The thrust and parries of these two hardy professionals, each seeking to divine the other's intentions and confuse him at the same time, can not be rendered biographically .
I won't be about to teach you everything there is to know about fighting with a sword, but you can learn the basics, the stance, how to parry a blow, how to land your own.
A short time after his inauguration he lodged with the Spanish government a dignified protest against its policies in Cuba, thus opening a game of thrust and parry with the suave ministers at Madrid.
And, " Some view, isn't it, Mother" ? parried Jock. The two stood there, side by side, looking out across the great city that glittered and swam in the soft haze of the late November afternoon.