Examples of “deflection” in a Sentence

noun The act of deflecting, or an instance of something being deflected.

• A slight deflection off the defender sent the ball into the net.

noun The act of avoiding a question or shifting blame elsewhere.

• When asked about the missing money, the manager answered with deflection and changed the subject.
• Blaming the weather was just deflection, because the real problem was poor planning.
• His answer was pure deflection — he never addressed the actual complaint.

noun Bending or movement of a structure under a load.

• The deflection of the old bridge increased slightly when the heavy truck drove across.
• A small deflection in the shelf showed that it was holding too many books.
• Engineers measured the beam's deflection under the test weight.