A skinny man with plastered-down grey hair entered and stood deferentially at the threshold.

A man clad in untrimmed black robes bowed, stood deferentially to one side.

In another minute a man had slipped into the room, and stood deferentially by the door.

You would have to stand deferentially, of course.

A dark man with a smooth face was standing there deferentially.

No sooner did the Commander observe who it was that deferentially stood awaiting his notice, than a peculiar expression came over him.

Warren glanced up at the man, standing deferentially before him.

Pushing open a massive door of carven wood, his guide stood deferentially aside.

The policeman thanked her and stood deferentially until he was invited to sit down.

Since then they had been standing deferentially in front of the albino, waiting for him to show some awareness of their presence.