Sentences with deference
def·er·ence
D d - The old sense of deference and restraint in royal reporting has vanished.
- In deference to his wishes.
- Sir Winston had asked that this be played at his funeral in deference to his American mother and the close ties with the United States he always advocated.
- While this deference implies an exaggerated level of politeness.
- The children treated their elders with deference.
- By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.
- But our deference to their fame, writes Simon Caterson, too often testifies to our lack of confidence in ourselves.