Use deferential in a sentence
Sentences ending with deferential
- Fastidious as he was in all things, he was fastidiously deferential. [11]
- She had rejected plain John Lyon, amiable, intelligent, unselfish, kindly, deferential. [4]
More example sentences with the word deferential in them
- He was treated with marked courtesy by the captain and with marked deference by all the officers and servants; and this deferential spirit was quickly communicated to the passengers, too. [5]
- Presently he spoke, with a little deferential anxiety in the tone. [11]
- By and by, when the lull came, he said in the most deferential way, and with the gratified air of a man who has had a mystery cleared up which had been puzzling him uncomfortably: "Now I understand it. [5]
- And yet he was singularly modest and deferential in social intercourse. [7]
- He had been very deferential to Miss Silence, and had wound himself into the confidence of Miss Badlam. [6]
- As Cambyses entered the hall, nearly every one present prostrated themselves before him; his relations alone, distinguished by the blue and white fillet on the tiara, contented themselves with a deferential obeisance. [10]
- At all the stables the driver is king; all the people on the route are deferential to him; they are happy if he will crack a joke with them, and take it as a favor if he gives them better than they send. [4]
- Rostov's deferential tone seemed to indicate that though he would consider himself happy to be acquainted with her, he did not wish to take advantage of her misfortunes to intrude upon her. [2]
- With Clovelly she seemed to find immediate ground for naive and pleasant talk; on his part, deferential, original, and attentive; on hers, easy, allusive, and warmed with piquant humour. [11]
- She watched to see whether it made any impression on him, and was piqued to observe that he who had in that far past always swept her with an admiring, discriminating, and deferential glance, now only gave her deference of a courteous but perfunctory kind. [11]
- I believe that one or two rude people chaffed the chief steward about "favouring the doctor"; but he had a habit of saying uncomfortable things in a deferential way, and they did not pursue the subject. [11]
- Our tone toward Nikolaus was so strangely gentle and tender and yearning that he noticed it, and was pleased; and we were constantly doing him deferential little offices of courtesy, and saying, "Wait, let me do that for you," and that pleased him, too. [5]
- None of the ladies was afraid of him, though they could not believe that he was really so deferential to their work as he seemed; and they knew, when he would not criticise Mr. Harrington's work, that he was just acting from principle. [8]
- The anxiety of her soul lent an unnatural brightness to her eyes; so that more than one enamoured courtier made essay to engage her in conversation, and paid her deferential compliment when the Queen's eyes were not turned her way. [11]
- The officer evidently had complete control of his face, and while Kutuzov was turning managed to make a grimace and then assume a most serious, deferential, and innocent expression. [2]
- Power had been given to her, the power of great riches--the three millions had been really four--and everything and everybody, almost, was deferential towards her. [11]
- The German was forty and a little fleshy, with a shiny bald head and a kindly face and deferential manner. [5]
- He was very deferential in his remarks, but at the same time he was quite willing to go into a minority which might not include pretty Miss Angel who sat beside him, if he was not met by conclusive good arguments. [11]
- Henderson perceived this, and his manner to her became more deferential and protective. [4]
- There was even a deferential tone in his strong language, a hesitating quaintness, which made it irresistible. [11]
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