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.
  • Aid workers, diplomats and civilians have been caught in the crossfire.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The African Union dispatched its top diplomat to negotiate a longer ceasefire.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 17 Apr. 2023
  • In other words, the possession of a diplomatic passport does not automatically make the holder a diplomat.
    Zenger News, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The two generals, former allies, reportedly are locked in a struggle for control that diplomats fear could lead to civil war in Africa's third largest country.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 19 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The diplomat said Hamas leaders were stunned by the success of the operation.
    Anna Schecter, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • There was no plan or effort to help at-risk Afghans or plan for what to do with diplomats after a withdrawal happened, just a lack of planning.
    CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • Biden’s showing in CNN’s presidential debate was met with shock and concern by diplomats around the world.
    Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 July 2024
  • And neither Maduro nor his opponent, former diplomat Edmundo González Urrutia, have proposed much in the way of concrete scientific policies.
    Byhumberto Basilio, science.org, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Filali eventually became a diplomat and, in 1994, he was appointed prime minister of an independent Morocco.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024

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