Sample Sentences for
diplomat
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(editor-reviewed)

diplomat as in:  a Chinese diplomat

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    Diplomats from Israel and Saudi Arabia are meeting in Jordon.
    diplomats = government representatives to other countries
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    Someone's father was a diplomat; another's was an Oxford don.  (source)
    diplomat = government representative to other countries
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    The Americans claimed he was not CIA but an ordinary diplomat, which made everyone very suspicious.  (source)
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    Havel had said that people struggling for independence wanted money and recognition from other countries; they wanted more criticism of the Soviet empire from the West and more diplomatic pressure.  (source)
    diplomatic = related to talks between nations
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    An order for sandals from a Polish diplomat and his wife.  (source)
    diplomat = government representative to other countries
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    If this becomes a negotiation by diplomats, it will never be resolved.  (source)
    diplomats = government representatives to other countries
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    The truth of the matter was that Melanie had diplomatically managed to amalgamate the Lady Harpists, the Gentlemen's Glee Club and the Young Ladies Mandolin and Guitar Society with the Saturday Night Musical Circle, so that now Atlanta had music worth listening to.†  (source)
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    Then they'll promise to pursue diplomatic channels to get you a fair trial.  (source)
    diplomatic = related to discussion between countries
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    The Swiss diplomat, who spoke both Russian and Italian fluently, exemplified his nation's reputation for neutrality by listening to both men with his mouth shut.  (source)
    diplomat = government representative to other countries
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    The ones I do are daughters of diplomats, and we usually have very little to discuss.†  (source)
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    "I beg pardon, I thought..." and there she paused diplomatically.†  (source)
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    I'll send a few volumes with the next diplomatic party.†  (source)
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    There was one little girl ...a baby, really ...diplomat's child from South America —†  (source)
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diplomat as in:  the diplomat of the family

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You’ll need to be a real diplomat to keep everyone happy during the group project.
diplomat = tactful person (sensitive of others' concerns)
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    Despite her outrage, she managed a diplomatic reply.
    diplomatic = tactful
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    The general, ever the diplomat, greeted me with a smile and his two-handed shake.  (source)
    diplomat = tactful person (sensitive of others' concerns)
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    In it, Mayor Heinz Hermann diplomatically outlined exactly why he had to terminate the services of Rosa Hubermann.  (source)
    diplomatically = tactfully
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    It's a matter of developing certain diplomatic skills, if you will.  (source)
    diplomatic = tactful
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    And undiplomatic?†  (source)
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    Around us the Triathlon Terrors had diplomatically resumed their chatter.  (source)
    diplomatically = tactfully
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    Baba was such a popular and passionate speaker that he could have been a great leader if he had been more diplomatic and less consumed by rivalries with cousins and others who were better off.  (source)
    diplomatic = tactful
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    I began my second letter to Piedmont in prototypical Conrack style—self-righteous, angry, undiplomatic, unapologetic, and flaming.†  (source)
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    The fun fetters, from national and international leaders, sometimes hostile, sometimes friendly, always diplomatically trying to pry into Demosthenes' mind — those she and Peter read together, laughing in delight sometimes that people like this were writing to children, and didn't know it.  (source)
    diplomatically = in a manner that is considerate of others' concerns
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    Marilla behaved pretty well on the whole, although it is very likely she distrusted Mrs. Lynde's diplomatic explanation that she had made the dress because Matthew was afraid Anne would find out about it too soon if Marilla made it.  (source)
    diplomatic = considerate of others' feelings
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    Later, in July, as head of the Committee of Treaties, he had written into the proposed Plan of Treaties an article that in quite blunt, undiplomatic language made clear his deep-seated distrust of France.†  (source)
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    When Sofia had selected the composition, the Count had attempted to signal his concerns diplomatically, by referring to the piece as "pleasant" and "quite diverting"; and then he had kept his peace.  (source)
    diplomatically = tactfully
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    Another, who seemed to be some business rival of Will's, hit a more diplomatic note, but there was something in his very direct gaze, his straightforward questions about Will's condition, that I could see made Will tense.  (source)
    diplomatic = tactful
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