Sentence examples for deferential tone from inspiring English sources

His deferential tone this weekend may come from a deliberate attempt to avoid appearing too eager.

Trying for a deferential tone, one skier asked him to walk outside of the tracks.

The clearly enunciated narration exactly matches Changez's formal phrasing and deferential tone.

Since going public with his calls for change at Sony, Mr. Loeb has kept a polite, even deferential tone.

Erdoğan's deferential tone regarding the king and failure to mention Bin Salman at all surprised many in Riyadh.

Since General Petraeus took on the commander's job in June, several aides said, the president has struck a more deferential tone toward him than he used with Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, General Petraeus's predecessor.

In contrast to Microsoft a decade ago, whose executives would rarely hide their disdain for regulators, Mr. Wagner speaks of his former colleagues at the Justice Department in deferential tones.

Arriving for my technical rehearsal the day before my show was to open, the staff at the venue spoke to me in almost deferential tones, eyes cast downward, each response punctuated with a sort of spastic half-bow.

Although unsurprisingly deferential in tone, the questions nonetheless provide the clearest insight yet into Cook's thinking about the election of Trump, who openly and repeatedly railed against Apple in his campaign for the company's lack of US manufacturing jobs, offshoring of capital, and refusal to aid the FBI in hacking into an iPhone once used by a dead terrorist.

Throughout the speech, McCain's tone was deferential.

"His tone is deferential and his comedic timing is awesome; the whole construct works," Mr. Christopher said.