How to Use statesman in a Sentence

statesman

noun
  • He was a soldier and statesman.
  • Even the party’s voters know that these men aren’t great statesmen.
    — Josephine Huetlin, The New Republic, 25 June 2018
  • Kind of the head statesman in terms of that with all the adjustments that take place and the calls.
    — Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
  • Just a-grinnin’ and toe-tapping along with one of the genre’s elder statesman.
    — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram.com, 29 May 2017
  • Many of her clients were wealthy noblemen and statesmen who had promised to support her in her old age.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Handsome, dashing, a great soldier, a great statesman, a great lover.
    — Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
  • But when the younger filmmaker met him, the elder statesman had more or less given up.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024
  • Medaris and Thomas Geddis are the elder statesmen in the room.
    — Fletcher Page, Cincinnati.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • As both a scientist and a statesman, Franklin was a game changer.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Carney is now a diplomat and statesman, not a politician on the hustings.
    — David Moscrop, Time, 8 May 2025
  • The band received some oddball counsel from elder statesmen of the scene.
    — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
  • The Spurs’ eldest statesman believes the team’s youth can be an asset.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 19 Oct. 2021
  • In his essay, Halifax wasn’t telling statesmen how to crush their foes.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Churchill was quite the greatest statesman that Britain had ever produced.
    — Ceylan Yeginsu, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2019
  • On the other hand, there is Hamilton the lawyer, banker, statesman and treaty-maker.
    — Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2020
  • The terrible power of atomic weapons would scare statesmen straight.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
  • For statesmen reeling from the carnage of the battlefields, this was a hopeful prospect.
    — Phillip Dehne, Twin Cities, 2 July 2019
  • Powell, a soldier turned statesman, was born the child of immigrants in the Bronx.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 18 Oct. 2021
  • The elder statesman died peacefully at his home in Leimert Park, his son said.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • There’s a reason the burly, Tundra warrior still holds its own as the elder statesman of its class.
    — Josh Max, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Napoleon Bonaparte may have been many things—a military genius, a statesman, a man of wealth and taste.
    — Lysanne Currie, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The former statesman continues to be missed by many, Bedke said.
    — Kevin Fixler june 26, Idaho Statesman, 26 June 2026
  • Mario hung a big portrait of Thomas More, the Catholic saint and statesman, in his office.
    — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Do the elder statesmen in the Panthers’ locker room feel more of an urgency to win?
    — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Mikhail Gorbachev was a politician and statesman who had a huge impact on the course of world history.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022
  • But the 76-year-old statesman didn’t assuage the concerns of his competitors.
    — Tara Golshan, Vox, 1 Aug. 2019
  • During the ceremony, for nearly a full two minutes, the statesmen's hands stayed glued to the glow.
    — Katie Mettler, courant.com, 22 May 2017
  • The elder statesmen of proto punk isn’t just another act on the Coachella bill.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
  • John McCain was a great statesman, who embodied the idea of service over self.
    — Halie Lesavage, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2018
  • And the Big Ten’s new commissioner came off like a politician rather than a statesman.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 11 Aug. 2020

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