statesmanship

Example Sentences

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But not Mr. Carney, who passes off conventional wisdom as bold truth-telling and mistakes empty moralizing for statesmanship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

He was in his later years hailed for his integrity and statesmanship.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Or will it be a tamer Trump — we’re grading on a curve here — who may not be a model of sober statesmanship, but isn’t totally unhinged?

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024

"It's an unprecedented situation. It requires the highest levels of statesmanship to craft this judgement," says lawyer Akshat Bajpai.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2023

If the Adams brand of statesmanship was now an anachronism—and it was—then the Adams presidency would serve as a fitting monument to its passing.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis