emissaries
- plural of emissary.
Example Sentences
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Deprived of a second term, he retreated to his Massachusetts farm, imagining himself a latter-day Cicero, who likewise ended up “watched, dreaded, envied, by all: no doubt Slandered by innumerable Emissaries, despized, insulted, belied.”
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2020
Emissaries from the party’s centrist wing have begun wetting themselves accordingly.
From The Guardian • Feb. 28, 2020
Emissaries from the Chinese tech industry are visiting the Bay Area to see how ideas emerge.
From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2016
Emissaries he sent to nearby towns were caught and jailed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Emissaries were already dropping in to confer with him.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
