Sentence examples for sort of defer from inspiring English sources

"If you don't seed, you just sort of defer the same questions," Slive said.

Rather than paying hefty bonuses in cash every January or February, a bank gives its most highly paid employees some sort of deferred compensation designed to decline in value if "profits" turn into losses.

Some say it will include 3 million, others 5 million, and it seems like parents of U.S. citizens that meet other eligibility criteria would be granted some sort of deferred action similar to DACA.

One doesn't have to look far to find contemporary resonance for Césaire's depiction of a sort of freedom deferred.

"Unfortunately there seems to be a belief that these types of issues can be deferred into some sort of future activity.

"They simply got around the law by giving all sorts of perks and deferred compensation," the official said.

Though the selection of Coscette hadn't followed the sort of deliberate process Dino had expected, he deferred to Mills.

Patel's disclaimer only agitated his acolytes, many of whom interpreted it as further proof that Patel was Maitreya after all, the humble savior deferring recognition in a sort of crafty P.R. move.

Mr. Vongerichten loves this sort of dance, in which one effect often defers so quickly to another that it seems like a memory almost as soon as it's experienced.

The Bush administration, for want of a consensus within it, gives every impression of having deferred a decision on what sort of policy to have towards Iran.

You should defer to their judgment and undergo some sort of deflustering.