interlocutor

Example Sentences

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Now he wanted to ensure that his chief American interlocutor was someone he could easily manipulate.

From Slate • Dec. 22, 2025

Ms. Wiles seems, in the piece, to have been allowed, perhaps even encouraged, to view her interlocutor as her friend, her jolly confidante.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

"He is an essential interlocutor in the region," a close associate said.

From Barron's • Oct. 27, 2025

Another source, also involved in the negotiations and speaking to BBC Brasil on condition of anonymity, was more direct: they said that Lula's government would have preferred a different interlocutor to Rubio.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Mobile and flexible, it was never intended to be compressed in the eternal silence of solitude: it is a mouth which should speak much and smile often, and have human affection for its interlocutor.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë