Superiors

The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.

The obsequious waiter is usually assigned the best table because he always curries favor with his manager and superiors.

One of the reasons some workers hesitate to use their paid holidays is that they fear unfavorable reactions from their colleagues or superiors.

He has his superiors' confidence.

He is in disfavour with his superiors.

He is in favor with his superiors.

He behaves respectfully toward his superiors.

Recently there are a lot of young people who don't use respectful language to their superiors.

When speaking about your superiors' actions, you use respectful language.

In America everybody is of opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors.