compromiser

Example Sentences

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He was respected as a practical compromiser who worked with both sides to cut good deals for the country.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2021

In meeting after meeting, Kelly played the role of heavy to Trump’s lightweight compromiser.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2018

“Because Rand is a compromiser, and Ron and ‘compromise’ don’t belong in the same sentence.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 25, 2015

Incapable of playing the role of peacetime compromiser, his Coriolanus comes across as a warrior who simply can't function without a war.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2012

But Booker T. Washington arose as essentially the leader not of one race but of two,—a compromiser between the South, the North, and the Negro.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)