Sentence examples for deferential greeting from inspiring English sources

Lopez, who always referred to Guzman as "my compadre," also gave him a deferential greeting, nodding his head and placing his right arm across his chest, laying his fist on his heart.

We had learned to say "Salaam" to those we passed, and we had practiced the deferential Afghan greeting - the right hand over the heart, a slight bow to the head - that we hoped would make our presence inoffensive.

opening greeting.

Polished greeting.

Think of greeting someone.

Deferential collaborator.

A deferential counterpart?

He was not deferential.

He is deferential.

Incentives to be Excessively Deferential.

The requests are deferential.