Example sentences for: statesmanship

How can you use “statesmanship” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Now, the aging Pinochet cannily emphasizes his work with the economy and his statesmanship.

  • But when statesmanship requires that the chasm between ideas and action be bridged, Reagan's genius becomes evident and Morris reveals himself to be, well, a complete idiot.

  • For all its historic grandeur, the loyal Senate now is the equivalent of a city council, its statesmanship dedicated to water supplies, sewage lines, and the establishment of playgrounds.

  • Chrétien said: 1) Clinton's NATO policies are motivated by domestic politics, not statesmanship (specifically, pushing to include the Baltic states in order to win ethnic votes in Chicago).

  • Henry Hyde, for example, was quite eloquent back in the Iran-Contra era about how statesmanship and higher principles sometimes require presidents to lie and break the law.


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