How do you do, Mr. Castor, says the blue-coat, in deferential tone.

He unlatched the door, and still holding it closed, said in a deferential tone,-

The commander glared and Masaryk, who knew him well, adopted a more deferential tone.

Then, instantly resuming his deferential tone, he continued the story.

Did he want you to marry again, Captain? I inquired in a deferential tone.

He paused a little, stroked his knees, and began again in a jocose and deferential tone.

There was even a deferential tone in his strong language, a hesitating quaintness, which made it irresistible.

She said in a deferential tone:

He replied, in a deferential tone:

He immediately came up to Thirlby, and, in an anxious but deferential tone, inquired how he had found Nizza?

The companions had always used a deferential tone with the doctor, the legacy, she guessed, of their original Cylon programming.

The new-comer, now turning towards her, addressed her in a deferential tone, and with a look which clearly showed the admiration he felt.

They praised the Republican president's first address to a joint session of Congress, both for its familiar content and his newly deferential tone.

Scrubbed clean, soft-spoken and wearing a suit, he had denied everything in quiet, deferential tones.

"He was called Père Richard," returned the man in a deferential tone.

"Not to this extent." The detective was losing his deferential tone.