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.
  • In the meantime, the North was jubilant at the news of the arrests of the diplomats.
    — Zaakir Tameez june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
  • The diplomat said that Qatar has been urging Hamas to free its hostages.
    — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • He was born in Madrid, to a father who was a U.S. diplomat.
    — Edward Wong, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But what does a skilled diplomat like Blinken do about the many countries not on board?
    — Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The man had been described in the media as a Russian diplomat.
    — Rod McGuirk, ajc, 26 June 2023
  • This year, Ukraine will not even rate a mention, diplomats say.
    — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
  • 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
  • This was the first joint visit by Britain’s and America’s top diplomats in more than a decade.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The two diplomats made no comments during a brief photo-op ahead of the meeting.
    — Vedika Sud, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The diplomat was not authorized to be named while speaking to the media.
    — Arkansas Online, 18 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • Rankin, who is a British diplomat, was appointed by the Queen on the advice of the British government.
    — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 29 Apr. 2022
  • González and Machado then said the voting records showed that the former diplomat won the election with twice as many votes as Maduro.
    — The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • And that certainly is something the diplomats who are trying to cool things off are very aware of.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The detention of the ex-diplomat came as Britain moved to further isolate the Southeast Asian regime.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Cleo Dibble was a diplomat’s wife who had traveled all her life.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • The European Union’s chief diplomat has called on China to do more.
    — Chris Buckley, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Ken Salazar, the top US diplomat in Mexico who has been on the job for less than two months is his only pick in place abroad.
    — Nicole Gaouette, CNN, 28 Oct. 2021
  • He was released with the help of former U.S. diplomat Bill Richardson.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Carney is now a diplomat and statesman, not a politician on the hustings.
    — David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025
  • There, diplomats will discuss whether and how to step up action on climate change.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The diplomat's car rear-ended a taxi but kept moving, police said.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • He’s known to the military, and now, he’s known to the diplomats and politicians, and will be known to President Trump and others over time.
    — Efrat Lachter, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025
  • There are politicians, a sort of earnest diplomat, a famous doctor.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The move broke with longstanding precedent that all babies born in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens, with the exception of the children of diplomats.
    — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025

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