DIPLOMACY in a Sentence

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14 example sentences for DIPLOMACY, such as:

1. This was done through the skill in diplomacy.
2. diplomacy and success in arms he became almost supreme ruler.
3. His government is placing its faith in international diplomacy.
4. Hilda heard her father over again, and she gave way, out of mere diplomacy.
5. We must try and resolve this situation through diplomacy rather than conflict.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIPLOMACY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
diplomacy
 n.  tact; politics; negotiation between nations
Classic Sentence:
1  Well, you soon become tired of singing, and you take a fancy to study diplomacy with the minister's secretary.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 65. A Conjugal Scene.
2  diplomacy and success in arms he became almost supreme ruler.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 77. Haidee.
3  Well, you must become a diplomatist; diplomacy, you know, is something that is not to be acquired; it is instinctive.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 96. The Contract.
4  Hilda heard her father over again, and she gave way, out of mere diplomacy.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
5  The fruit of Mrs. Yeobright's diplomacy was indeed remarkable, though not as yet of the kind she had anticipated.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 11 The Dishonesty of an Honest Woman
6  With his son, however, he employed the diplomacy he reserved for important occasions and, adopting a quiet tone, discussed the whole matter.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XXIII
7  He laughed blandly at her naive diplomacy but listened to what she had to say, and sometimes questioned her carefully about the Penza and Nizhegorod estates.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V
8  It had taken all of Melanie's diplomacy to persuade them to defer their decision.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
9  We cannot settle this problem by diplomacy and suaveness, by "policy" alone.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence:
1  We must try and resolve this situation through diplomacy rather than conflict.
2  His government is placing its faith in international diplomacy.
3  Today's Security Council resolution will be a significant success for American diplomacy.
4  This was done through the skill in diplomacy.
5  Chinese diplomats have been engaging in shuttle diplomacy to try to narrow the differences between Washington and Pyongyang.