dignitaries

Example Sentences

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Later Thursday, Trump will attend a state dinner with dignitaries and business leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

For the first time in nearly 20 years, Moscow would reduce the scale of the parade with no military equipment on display in the Red Square and the number of foreign dignitaries in attendance decreased.

From Barron's • May 9, 2026

The celebrations used to bring large numbers of foreign guests to Moscow, but this time only the leaders of Belarus, Malaysia and Laos, and a few other dignitaries, will attend.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Meloni received Rubio politely, with the customary Italian cheek kisses and brief hug, but without the demonstrative warmth she sometimes shows other dignitaries.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

State Department regularly brought African dignitaries to the city, to show the world that the stories in the sensationalist press about race problems in America were exaggerated or exceptions to the rule of racial comity.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson