Example Sentences

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Althaus, the defending silver medalist from Germany, and Takanashi, the defending bronze medalist from Japan, are the elder stateswomen at age 25 in this young person’s game.

From New York Times • Feb. 4, 2022

And against that backdrop, instead of a flexing of American might or a tidal wave of pomp, the world saw two stateswomen heading to breakfast.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2021

It features a conversation between Tavi Gevinson and Lorde, two elder stateswomen of the precocious teen-girl community.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 7, 2017

Westminster Hall has long been reserved for those statesmen and stateswomen who have made a lasting and positive difference in the world.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2017

They observed the carriages of Lady St Julians and the Marchioness of Deloraine drawn up side by side in the middle of the street, and those two eminent stateswomen in earnest conversation.

From Sybil, or the Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield