| By refraining from criticizing other Democrats he appears more statesmanlike. |
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| And he then made a series of more or less statesmanlike appointments to senior positions. |
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| He was well-briefed and spoke articulately about Scotland's qualities, although his public speaking set-pieces still lack a statesmanlike stamp. |
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| The senator's own descension into the gutter has also taken a toll on his assistant's statesmanlike image. |
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| It is not the part of wisdom, and it is not statesmanlike, to think that ideal life in Canada can be realized at once. |
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| They created the electoral college as a body of wise and thoughtful individuals, dedicated to choosing a statesmanlike leader who would govern in the interests of the country. |
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| No wonder that the Indy, FT and Guardian were notably muted – nay, statesmanlike – in Cowley's aftermath. |
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| I certainly have the capacity to be quite a bit more partisan than anything I might have said, but I tried to be as statesmanlike as I could. |
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| It was certainly more statesmanlike than the deputy House leader for the government's was. |
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| Attack ads boosting Dr. Paul Now Gingrich is above it all Too statesmanlike to vent his spleen? |
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| His conduct has been measured and statesmanlike and his rhetoric inspiring. |
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| All credit should go to the people of Nepal and to the wise and statesmanlike efforts of Nepalese political parties and leaders for bringing about a peace process. |
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| I am deeply grateful to the Government of Lebanon for that prompt action, as well as to the Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Mr. Nabih Berri, and other Lebanese leaders whose statesmanlike appeals for calm were decisive. |
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| I'd very much like to think my statesmanlike words of support and friendly fist bump got Jermaine and the rest of The Jacksons through that gig. |
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| The situation is often exacerbated by the election cycle, commonly three-four years, which is barely long enough for any statesmanlike policy commitment. |
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| It was calm and statesmanlike, a far cry from the ranting scaremonger we saw too often during the campaign. |
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| His son has been cleverer and more statesmanlike. |
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| The most unpopular president in the history of the Fifth Republic, founded in 1958, Mr Hollande enjoyed a poll bounce after his statesmanlike management of the January terror attacks in Paris. |
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| He did his best to sound statesmanlike as he accepted the fait accompli. |
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| Zuma appeared calm, and earned social media plaudits for a statesmanlike performance during his speech, after a week of personal and political turmoil in South Africa. |
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| The speeches they gave were strong and statesmanlike, explaining their history, culture and pride, and at the same time describing their dispossession, their poverty, and their despair. |
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| I hope that the European Council session that begins on Thursday will be sufficiently statesmanlike to achieve an agreement that will enable the European Union to become a giant in global politics. |
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| Before long, the idea of Lincoln as a prairie version of Everyman gave way to a more statesmanlike presentation, and his many studio portraits of the 1860s reinforce the concept of Lincoln as a dignified chief executive. |
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