| 1. | Very touching was his deference to Nana. - from Peter Pan by James M. Barrie |
| 2. | A man followed her, a suggestion of deference in his manner. - from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie |
| 3. | The doctor's eyes held the deference accorded to a really rich man. - from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie |
| 4. | Many are chosen, as you see, with little deference to the opinions of Virtu. - from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 5. | This shade of deference also disturbed Pierre. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 6. | Through too much deference to our sovereign sway. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 7. | We have had every deference shown to us, and not once any objection to whatever we chose to ask or do. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 8. | A deference such as he had never before received was shown him. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 9. | In spite of the light brown dustcoat and leather-leggings which he wore in deference to his rustic surroundings, I had no difficulty in recognising Lestrade, of Scotland Yard. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |