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emissary - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- peace: The emissary of peace he sent from Medina back to Mecca was a polytheist.
Converse of object
- prevent: Again, the Government is on the watch to prevent emissaries of the Insurgent Societies from conveying rifles and ammunition into Macedonia.
Possessives
- Satan: Muhammad's actions, Muhammad's fruit, make him Satan's emissary, not God's prophet.
Adjective modifier
- other: We walked past gardens and the huts belonging to the other Emissaries.
Converse of object
- dispatch: Garrison immediately dispatched an emissary to Geneva to collect the tainted goods.
Preposition: for
- treaty: We also applaud the decision to appoint Ambassador Jaap Ramaker as an emissary for the treaty.
Adjective modifier
- special: A special emissary from the Communist International came to China to interview Chen and bring him back to Moscow.
- British: In Holland, however, Dahlerus waited in vain for the promised British emissary.
- Arab: James Vaughan gave an unusually unemotional performance as an Arab emissary.
- Russian: A Russian emissary later announced he would undertake a new tour of Middle East nations.
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