ENVOY in a Sentence

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18 example sentences for ENVOY, such as:

1. The envoy bore back to us this good news.
2. He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries.
3. The UN peace envoy has failed to find any middle ground between the government and the opposition parties.
4. But they, puffed up by their success, not merely refused the terms offered, but put to death the envoy sent to propose them.

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 Meanings and Examples of ENVOY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
envoy
 n.  a diplomat having less authority than an ambassador
 n.  a brief stanza concluding certain forms of poetry
Classic Sentence:
1  It was illuminated by lamps with ground-glass shades which gave only a feeble light, as if out of consideration for the envoy's weak sight.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
2  "I know you do not like to converse in our language," replied the envoy.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 69. The Inquiry.
3  The envoy of Tosti," he said, "moved up the hall, undismayed by the frowning countenances of all around him, until he made his obeisance before the throne of King Harold.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
4  The baffled envoy," continued Cedric, pursuing with animation his tale, though it interested not the listener, "retreated, to carry to Tosti and his ally the ominous answer of his injured brother.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
5  Napoleon did not notice this expression; he treated Balashev not as an envoy from his enemy, but as a man now fully devoted to him and who must rejoice at his former master's humiliation.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 9: CHAPTER VII
6  An envoy of the Duke of Buckingham, named Montague, was taken, and proof was obtained of a league between the German Empire, Spain, England, and Lorraine.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 43 THE SIGN OF THE RED DOVECOT
7  But they, puffed up by their success, not merely refused the terms offered, but put to death the envoy sent to propose them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVII.
8  For these envoys arriving at the very moment when the Gauls and Etruscans were about to join battle, being readier at deeds than words, took part with the Etruscans and fought in their foremost ranks.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVIII.
9  For their envoys, who had violated the law of nations, and had therefore deserved punishment, they had on the contrary treated with honour.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVIII.
10  And when to both inquiries the envoys answered, "No," Hanno observed that the war was no nearer an end than on the day it was begun.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXX.
11  Antiochus refusing these terms, fought and was defeated, and again sent envoys to Scipio, enjoining them to accept whatever conditions the victor might be pleased to impose.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXI.
12  But the Latins being routed and all hopes of help from that quarter at an end, many of the townsmen recommended that envoys should be sent to Rome to make their peace with the senate.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XXXII.
13  He sent envoys to the Achaeans, who were friends of the Romans, exhorting them to remain neutral; and on the other hand the Romans urged them to take up arms.
The Prince By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI — HOW A PRINCE SHOULD CONDUCT HIMSELF SO AS T...
Example Sentence:
1  He sent Evans as his personal envoy to discuss ways to mend relations between the two countries.
2  The UN peace envoy has failed to find any middle ground between the government and the opposition parties.
3  The envoy bore back to us this good news.
4  At least President Obama finally sent an envoy to Europe yesterday to explore joint action to stop outrageous violence against protesters.
5  Hollywood actor and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie is accorded one of the highest accolades granted by the British establishment as she is made an honorary dame in the Queen's birthday honours.