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Example sentences for: deferential

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The fourth-year forward hopes to shed his deferential reputation: "I think I can be the best player in the NBA, and I want to show it."
Rodman is also popular because his rebellion and mad behavior are welcome in a world where we're expected to be deferential and compliant.
Annan is building an organization we can live with, one that is smaller, better run, and more deferential to the United States.
Prudie thanks you for expanding on her answer, as she is always deferential to physicians.
Until the late '60s, the Senate was deferential to the (many fewer) presidential nominees.