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.
  • Most of the people were not diplomats.
    — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the people were not diplomats.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Our country should be proud of our diplomats who made this happen.
    — ABC News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This year, Ukraine will not even rate a mention, diplomats say.
    — Howard Lafranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 23 June 2025
  • Henry Kissinger was not a diplomat.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Biden’s chief diplomat hadn’t appeared on the event program ahead of time.
    — Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026
  • Janet no longer wanted to be a diplomat, and wasn’t even sure about college.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Dan Foote is a world-class diplomat who refuses to be told what do.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Cleo Dibble was a diplomat’s wife who had traveled all her life.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2022
  • The diplomat said that Qatar has been urging Hamas to free its hostages.
    — Keir Simmons, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2023
  • There, diplomats will discuss whether and how to step up action on climate change.
    — Brad Plumer, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • But there is widespread anger over the attacks by Iran, the diplomat said.
    — Andrea Mitchell, NBC news, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The diplomat's car rear-ended a taxi but kept moving, police said.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The diplomat could not seem to believe Russia’s luck.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Aid workers, diplomats and civilians have been caught in the crossfire.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There are politicians, a sort of earnest diplomat, a famous doctor.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
  • These incidents demonstrate the tightrope diplomats have to walk amid the threat that the war could restart.
    — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The man had been described in the media as a Russian diplomat.
    — Rod McGuirk, ajc, 26 June 2023
  • 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
  • And that certainly is something the diplomats who are trying to cool things off are very aware of.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Trump was and is the decider, and foreign leaders and diplomats have now figured that out.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Carney is now a diplomat and statesman, not a politician on the hustings.
    — David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025
  • Her father, a diplomat, moved the family to Japan for his job.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2022
  • My former boss, James Baker, was not a diplomat.
    — Philip Wang, Time, 16 Apr. 2026
  • One measure of a diplomat is whether, even when world governance falls out of favor, states still open their doors to you.
    — Karl Vick, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • That cost overhang doesn't evaporate overnight just because diplomats shake hands.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 June 2026

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