How to Use diplomat in a Sentence

diplomat

noun
  • He's a talented architect but a poor diplomat.
  • The President will be meeting with foreign diplomats.
  • The diplomat said that Qatar has been urging Hamas to free its hostages.
    Keir Simmons, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The man had been described in the media as a Russian diplomat.
    Rod McGuirk, ajc, 26 June 2023
  • On the plane, a U.S. diplomat spoke over the public-address system.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Late last year, U.S. diplomats warned that the shipping attacks risked scuttling the process.
    Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The two diplomats made no comments during a brief photo-op ahead of the meeting.
    Vedika Sud, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Her father, a diplomat, moved the family to Japan for his job.
    Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The diplomat said Hamas leaders were stunned by the success of the operation.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Aid workers, diplomats and civilians have been caught in the crossfire.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And that certainly is something the diplomats who are trying to cool things off are very aware of.
    CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • There, diplomats will discuss whether and how to step up action on climate change.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The United States and Germany are the main countries resisting, the diplomat said, taking turns as the lead voice of caution.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • Since the Taliban takeover, China is the most-prominent country to accept a diplomat from the group.
    Fortune Editors, Fortune Asia, 5 June 2024
  • The diplomat said that Henry was attempting to make things better.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The diplomat said the meeting Tuesday would be crucial in bridging the remaining gaps.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Feb. 2024
  • His mother, the daughter of a diplomat, managed a household of eight children.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Finding the hostages is one reason that Hamas is seeking a pause in fighting, the Middle Eastern diplomat said.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Boris Bondarev, a career Russian diplomat in Geneva, quit in May and denounced the war.
    Erika Kinetz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023
  • So vaporous was this suggestion of a suggestion that the Australian diplomats thought little of it at the time.
    The Editors, National Review, 16 May 2023
  • The vote had been expected to take place by early afternoon, but diplomats said it was pushed back because the U.S. asked for more time.
    NBC News, 20 Dec. 2023
  • There were audible gasps from people in the room, which included diplomats and world leaders from across the globe.
    Brian Bennett, TIME, 11 July 2024
  • Kuleba called for a moment of silence in honor of Ukrainians killed in the conflict, and most of the assembly diplomats rose to their feet.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
  • One Western diplomat said leadership changes should come with a clear road map for a two-state solution to the conflict.
    Yasmeen Abutaleb, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The diplomats’ positions were the same: Wong couldn’t enter the consulate and couldn’t apply for asylum from outside the United States.
    Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Kuleba raised the event in his meeting with Wang, according to a statement on the Ukrainian diplomat’s X account.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • White tie: These are the most formal weddings — think royal weddings and diplomat dinners — and are pretty rare to see IRL.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 27 June 2024
  • Dressed in a black shirt and faded jeans and strapping on an electric guitar, the top US diplomat launched into Neil Young’s hit anthem.
    TIME, 15 May 2024
  • The number of Russian diplomats in Hungary is nearly equal to the total in the other Visegrád countries combined.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Indeed, more so than many of his peers, Smith has always been remarkably forthcoming about the machinations and logistics of global outreach, often likening his position to that of a diplomat or ambassador.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 19 Oct. 2024

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