How to Use elder statesman in a Sentence

elder statesman

noun
  • The very party members who forced him to drop out now hail him as an elder statesman.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Over the last few years, Jeezy has grown into an elder statesman.
    — Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 26 July 2023
  • Having an elder statesman defer to her was a pleasant change of pace.
    — Phoebe Reilly, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2019
  • Djokovic evolved into a tennis legend and is now one of the sport’s elder statesmen.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Democrats are investing a lot of hopes in Biden the elder statesman.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Then there is the upstart turned elder statesman of the group, A24.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
  • But the game’s elder statesman - as far as guards were concerned, anyway - wouldn’t be upstaged.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Guetta is a dance music elder statesman with enough cache and hits to keep people paying to see his shows.
    — Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Klein, who has yet to spend a full month in the majors, expressed his desire to learn from the bullpen’s elder statesmen.
    — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • How would one of hip-hop’s elder statesmen reflect on his career and his many successes?
    — Jabari M. Evans, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • Biden seemed too gaffe-prone to be the steady elder statesman that some of the party’s older moderates craved.
    — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • In his role as an elder statesman with the team, Cabrera hadn’t talked much with the media all season.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Time stands still as the elder statesman jockeys and the teenager dribbles towards him with cogs whirring, but legs steady.
    — SI.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Nordgren, 32, is now the elder statesman of the US biathlon team.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Being an elder statesman has not turned out to be the advantage the Biden campaign hoped.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2020
  • Pepe is the elder statesman of the famous ensemble, and Celino is his nephew.
    — oregonlive, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The Rangers need another strong campaign from the two elder statesmen on the starting staff.
    — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas Morning News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Yet the overriding feeling of Light-Years is of two elder statesmen who still have gifts to share.
    — Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Richards has become the Gore Vidal of rock, the elder statesman always armed with an acid quote.
    — Dwight Garner, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
  • The Celtics’ elder statesmen are up for a pair of end-of-season NBA awards.
    — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Thanks to the heroics of the Americans’ three elder statesmen, no one had to answer that question.
    — Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Since the 1980s, the elder statesman had been critical of the death penalty.
    — Breanna Edwards, Essence, 28 Oct. 2019
  • When Denver’s elder statesman does have something to say, Malone will gladly cede the floor to him.
    — Mike Singer, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2020
  • By the mid-1880s, William Kelley was an elder statesman who had held the same seat for decades.
    — Jon Grinspan, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Each of the new reptile residents took a turn at putting their heads atop Pop, elder statesman of the area at about 70 years old.
    — Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • But as soon as Fuente was hired, the jig was up, and Foster became the Hokies’ elder statesman.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The scene was originally scripted with the younger Cage giving the elder statesman a polite kiss on the cheek.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Apr. 2022
  • And Democrats are no longer in need of an elder statesman to remind voters of the promise of America.
    — Lz Granderson, The Denver Post, 23 July 2024
  • By the mid-2010s, Combs was fully reveling in his role as an elder statesman of rap.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
  • By the mid-2010s, Combs was fully reveling in his role as an elder statesman of rap.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025

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