How to Use "deferential" with Example Sentences

1. Groveling generals kept a deferential distance from him .

2. Huawei had formerly maintained a fairly deferential tone in its dealings with the government .

3. For the royal weddings of the past , the celebratory crockery and linen in shops was starchy and deferential .

4. Once deferential chinese officials now take delight in lambasting the mistakes of their us counterparts .

5. As someone who came up through the ranks of the often hidebound and highly deferential corporate world , I am glad to say good riddance to much of the old office culture .