How to Use statesman in a Sentence

statesman

noun

• He was a soldier and statesman.
• Would the famed writer and statesman send the new town of Franklin a bell for its church?
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2020
• Medaris and Thomas Geddis are the elder statesmen in the room.
  — Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Trump might not be the Davos crowd’s favorite statesman.
  — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 3 Nov. 2020
• Mario hung a big portrait of Thomas More, the Catholic saint and statesman, in his office.
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• And his role was not only that of a statesman or diplomat.
  — Allan Massie, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
• Too many of them want him back in the game, and not just from an elder-statesman-like distance.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2021
• The elder statesmen would be too much down low to handle.
  — Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2018
• On the other hand, there is Hamilton the lawyer, banker, statesman and treaty-maker.
  — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
• Kyle Gibson is the elder statesman in the Twins’ clubhouse.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2019
• Nixon was known to be more hawkish on the Russians and a more seasoned statesman than John F. Kennedy.
  — WSJ, 8 Apr. 2022
• Powell, a soldier turned statesman, was born the child of immigrants in the Bronx.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
• The Spurs’ eldest statesman believes the team’s youth can be an asset.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2021
• For Aleksander Barkov and Aaron Ekblad, the elder statesmen of the franchise?
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 June 2024
• As both a scientist and a statesman, Franklin was a game changer.
  — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
• Many of her clients were wealthy noblemen and statesmen who had promised to support her in her old age.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• Yoon looked the part of jovial statesman and ultimate U.S. ally.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• At the age of 34, some people thought elder NBA statesman James might be slowing down.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 7 Nov. 2019
• But the 76-year-old statesman didn’t assuage the concerns of his competitors.
  — Tara Golshan, Vox, 1 Aug. 2019
• But when the younger filmmaker met him, the elder statesman had more or less given up.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
• And the Big Ten’s new commissioner came off like a politician rather than a statesman.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 11 Aug. 2020
• For statesmen reeling from the carnage of the battlefields, this was a hopeful prospect.
  — Phillip Dehne, Twin Cities, 2 July 2019
• Above all, he is regarded as one of Africa’s ablest statesmen of the 20th century.
  — Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-Gyampah, Quartz Africa, 7 Aug. 2019
• Churchill was quite the greatest statesman that Britain had ever produced.
  — Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• Mikhail Gorbachev was a politician and statesman who had a huge impact on the course of world history.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022
• Even in an era of sixth-year super seniors, George Moore is the eldest statesman at Oregon.
  — oregonlive, 17 May 2021
• John McCain was a great statesman, who embodied the idea of service over self.
  — Halie Lesavage, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2018
• Senator Sanders, as the senior statesman of the group, please respond to Mayor Buttigieg.
  — NBC News, 31 July 2019
• The three agents have always been kingmakers in this town, but Lourd in the past decade has emerged as an industry statesman.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• At 65, Farrell is the elder statesman of the bunch, yet energetic and full of oddball quixotic charm.
  — Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Nov 2024