He speaks English well, in a quiet, deferential tone.

Lorgh continued to speak in the deferential tones of an aide.

Trying for a deferential tone, one skier asked him to walk outside of the tracks.

Kers answered with the same deferential tone Hari had known.

Though he spoke only in the most deferential tones, Bluestone listened intently to the third man.

"Stop here, ladies," he said, this time in a voice unlike the deferential, pleasant tone he'd used so far.

To push for the money, the mayor shed some of his usual deferential tone toward Albany.

Gone was its deferential, reverent tone- it had been replaced by suspicion and defiance.

His deferential tone this weekend may come from a deliberate attempt to avoid appearing too eager.

In most instances when a challenger takes on a leader, it is done with a cheeky or deferential tone.