Sentence examples for of deference with from inspiring English sources

She paused to advise an assistant on the proper level of deference with which to treat a collector, then turned back to me.

The Westminster of the early 1950s, like Britain itself, was a place with a strong culture of deference, with little of the sardonic wit that 17th-century diarists like Samuel Pepys brought to the chronicling of British politics and politicians.

Then there is the whole armoury of freedom of information requests, empowered select committees, expert bloggers not beholden to proprietors, and the replacement of journalistic deference with Jeremy Paxman-showdownswdownshowdowns

This surprising display of deference, possibly coupled with growing American threats to bring the matter before the Security Council, persuaded the Iranians to sign a joint statement with the E.U.-3, as the delegation has come to be known.

(Never mind clowns such as Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri and made the utterly inane case not long ago for "legitimate rape," or Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, who idiotically said there's never an instance in which a woman wouldn't survive without an abortion. Out of deference to those with heartfelt arguments against abortion, the lunatics shouldn't be lumped in with their cause).

We switch sides, play games of deference and one-upmanship with each panelist.

And I think any degree of deference here is inconsistent with saying that there's been a federal violation, especially when -- I want to remind us all about the context.

But I am sure that in the medium term he is more than capable of uniting the party and restoring to it that quality which it is in danger of sending into permanent exile, that hope of social harmony and mutual obligation which was its best characteristic, even though it was also entwined with notions of deference.

Gratitude is an essential component of family reverence, and can be effective in fostering a proper sense of deference, obedience and loyalty along with remonstrance.

Dunham treated her eldest child and only son with a kind of deference.

Hartley-Brewer thinks it has more to do with the end of deference more generally.