elder statesman
Example Sentences
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By the end of his run there, Kupp was a seasoned elder statesman, still contributing but also helping younger players fine-tune their game.
From Los Angeles Times
Sir John Major is now the elder statesman among them.
From BBC
Gretzky had scored at a devastating clip for an absurdly long time—20 NHL seasons that saw him turn from a wiry 18-year-old into the league’s elder statesman.
Young from two feet closer, drained his and the youngest man on the US team had beaten Europe's elder statesman. 12-6.
From BBC
The question now is whether he, as one of the country’s elder statesmen, will boldly stand up in defense of democracy, or let himself be symbolically pilloried — or worse.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
