Sentence example with the word 'deference'

deference

acceptance, appreciation, business, considerateness, duty, great respect, line of duty, obligation, resignation, subjection, veneration

Definition n. a courteous expression

Last update: December 12, 2016


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The people at the court showed deference on the arrival of the judge.   [noun]

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He was not deferential to his seniors and did not expect deference from his juniors.   [noun]

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In deference to the class of acting, the jury and the audience gave a standing ovation.   [noun]

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Treat your equals and those of higher rank with deference.   [Please select]

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Many automatically feel a certain deference in their presence.   [noun]

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The same grave expression of grief, the same rigid silence, and the same deference to the principal mourner, were observed around the place of interment as have been already described.   [noun]

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As the chief slowly uttered these words, pausing impressively between each sentence, the culprit raised his face, in deference to the other's rank and years.   [noun]

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Long and habitual deference to the mandates of his superiors had taught the scout the virtue of obedience.   [noun]

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Munro seemed to shake off his apathy, and listened to the wild schemes of the young man with a deference that his gray hairs and reverend years should have denied.   [noun]

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Napoleon--as he was soon to be called by a cringing world--smiled affably, and offered his firm white hand, which Carne barely touched, and bent over with deference.   [noun]

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I ask with deference, and anxiety.   [noun]

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