How to Use envoy in a Sentence

envoy

noun
  • Andrew is forced to quit his trade envoy role.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Blair’s track record as the envoy won few plaudits.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Trump has even appointed an envoy to that end.
    — Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
  • All popes use cardinals as envoys, but no pope has planted them in as many places.
    — Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2025
  • There has so far been no word on when France may return its envoy to Canberra.
    — Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021
  • There has so far been no word on when France may return its envoy to Canberra.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Kerry was then secretary of state and is now Biden’s climate envoy.
    — Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Twice, the mutinous leaders have refused to meet envoys from the West African bloc.
    — Elian Peltier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Out go the white busts, hunting boots and the envoys tasked with managing affairs on behalf of the empire.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Iran had publicly not committed to sending envoys.
    — The Hill Staff, The Hill, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The author explained that the former prince reportedly spent a lot of money on his trips as a trade envoy.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Dec. 2025
  • Andrew was trade envoy from 2001 to 2011.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The memoir records the workings of Mughal rule, describing dealings with courtiers and envoys.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The special envoy did not elaborate on the details of the guarantee.
    — Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Iranian envoys are focused on how the meeting will be received at home, the official said.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 21 June 2026
  • The State Department later tapped her as a women’s health envoy.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Arab and American envoys have voiced hopes for their diplomatic push to reach a cease-fire-for-hostage-release deal.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Biden’s special envoy to Haiti, Daniel Foote, also quit over the Haiti flights.
    — Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2021
  • But the future of the climate envoy role in the United States is uncertain.
    — Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Argentina, home to one of the world's largest shale reserves, also pulled its envoys out merely three days in to the conference.
    — Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The envoy expressed hope regarding the more than seven-year war in the Arab world’s poorest country.
    — Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Trump last year appointed him as special envoy for global partnerships.
    — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • As of Friday, American envoys are preparing for a new round of peace talks.
    — Juliana Kim, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Once families were starving, Washington sent envoys to meet with them in a clearing.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But Nigeria does not currently have an ambassador or high profile special envoy to have helped get ahead of this.
    — Semafor Events, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • But Nigeria does not currently have an ambassador or high profile special envoy to have helped get ahead of this.
    — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • China sent a special envoy to the Middle East last week to mediate a ceasefire.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Trump chose Ric Grenell, his envoy for special missions, as the center's president.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Trump chose Ric Grenell, his envoy for special missions, as the center's president.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 May 2026
  • Jolie has been a United Nations special envoy for refugees since 2011.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 May 2022

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