How to Use consul general in a Sentence

consul general

noun
  • The consul general and other staff were on their way to Sri’s apartment.
    — Noy Thrupkaew, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • This year, the consul general said the country hopes to hit 12 million tourists.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • In a room at the French consul general’s, a diptych of palms as long-legged as Paris runway models.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
  • After a long back-and-forth, Alzabarah got on the phone with the consul general shortly after midnight.
    — Bradley Hope, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The Portuguese consul general from San Francisco tapped away on his phone.
    — Gustavo Arellanocolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Itay Milner is deputy consul general of Israel to the Midwest.
    — Bloomberg.com, 4 May 2018
  • Li Xuhang is listed as consul general on the website of the Chinese consulate in Dubai.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Alon Pinkas, a former Israeli consul general in New York, rejects the term.
    — Joseph Krauss, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • The keynote speaker will be Chris Oldfield, the consul general of Australia.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
  • Elad Strohmayer is the consul general of Israel to the Midwest, based in Chicago.
    — Elad Strohmayer, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Studios even worked with the German consul general in Los Angeles to cut scenes that might offend the Nazis.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 June 2021
  • Her grandfather was the mayor of Bridgetown; her father served as the country’s consul general to the United States.
    — Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 27 July 2022
  • This tiny spot in Chinatown is home to a chef who cooked for the consul general of San Francisco and his food is both refined and accessible.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • There is no indication of wrongdoing by the consul general, who is one of China’s top diplomats in the United States.
    — Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The consul general of Haiti in Chicago, Jean Joseph Leandre, and Ald.
    — William Tong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The body was never found, but Fogel cites Turkish investigators who say it was taken to an oven that had been bought and installed at the consul general’s house and burned.
    — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Brian Cahalane is the consul general of Ireland in Chicago.
    — Brian Cahalane, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The consul general of Mexico in Dallas, Francisco de la Torre, will be with the mayor throughout his trip.
    — Eric Johnson, Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Washington has not yet put an ambassador in Israel (even an interim one) or a consul general in Jerusalem to deal with the Palestinians.
    — Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs, 14 May 2021
  • Mohammed al-Otaibi, who served as consul general in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul when the killing occurred, was also cleared, the spokesman said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The Thai consul general in Los Angeles inspected the artifacts one month later and asked the museum for their return, but didn’t hear back.
    — Jennifer Lu, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2021
  • Former Israeli consul general Alon Pinkas predicted that Netanyahu would be unlikely to annex large parts of the West Bank, if at all.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The novelist Peter Quinn was enjoying a 2013 reception in his honor when the event’s host, the consul general of Ireland, pulled him aside.
    — Matthew Hennessey, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Rudy Grant, the consul general of Barbados to Miami, said an initial assessment of his showed no loss of life but the storm sank at least 50 vessels and damaged some 50 houses.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 3 July 2024
  • China’s consul general in Osaka, Xue Jian posted, and later deleted, a tweet appearing to threaten to decapitate the prime minister.
    — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Thomas Wasson, American consul general in Jerusalem, was assassinated.
    — USA Today, 6 May 2026
  • Kerber Palma is a member of the Mexican Foreign Service and consul general of Mexico in San Diego.
    — Alicia G Kerber Palma, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • However, Jorge Mendoza Yescas, the consul general of Mexico in Phoenix, said the airport was not attacked and has been secured by the Mexican military.
    — Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 23 Feb. 2026

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