How to Use interlocutor in a Sentence

interlocutor

noun

• The great virtue of his book is that Baram lets his interlocutors speak for themselves.
  — Gal Beckerman, New York Times, 22 May 2017
• He’s done this while being loathed by many of his foreign interlocutors.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 July 2025
• When drafting your next email, be sure to check in on your interlocutor first and then get down to business.
  — Loubna Noureddin, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• One by one, the interlocutors approached the would-be complainants to hear their plights.
  — Madeleine Wattenbarger, Eliana Gilet, & Axel Hernández, The Dial, 17 Dec. 2024
• Campbell’s interlocutor goes on to ask what brought about his collapse.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2021
• The set of her jaw is as expressive as her eyes, which can slice right through an errant interlocutor.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2020
• Oman for years has served as a key interlocutor between Iran and the West.
  — Jon Gambrell, Star Tribune, 27 Aug. 2020
• Nadia addresses these thoughts to an interlocutor who is nowhere to be seen.
  — Joseph O’Neill, The New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2025
• His dark eyes, which don’t register delight in the way that his slow smile does, rarely stray from his interlocutor.
  — The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022
• And of course, the interlocutor didn’t really have an answer to that.
  — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026
• Voss tells you to mirror your interlocutor’s body language, and to parrot her last few words as a question.
  — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2021
• Some call it the artichoke, which also looks like a pinecone or a tulip, waved in rhythm toward an interlocutor.
  — Nicola Bambini, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
• Those who have spoken in-depth with him over the years describe a difficult interlocutor.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• However, one of our roles is to be the interlocutor with law enforcement.
  — Eric Berger, sun-sentinel.com, 15 June 2021
• Be straightforward, keep to the point and make sure your interlocutor understands you.
  — Alex Lutskiy, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
• My interlocutors had a range of views on this, but in general the Gazans were skeptical.
  — Rachel Lu, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• Moscow is not involved in those talks, but Turkey has been a key interlocutor between the two.
  — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 19 Nov. 2025
• Rare was the big public event in which none of the bold names were telling red-carpet interlocutors that were wearing Armani.
  — Belinda Luscombe, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
• McGurk has served as the administration's chief interlocutor in the on-and-off talks.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2024
• Most of his American interlocutors long ago came to understand the dodge.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2024
• Ray is spindly, with a mass of gray curls, rimless glasses, and the slight, kindly stoop of a man who makes an effort to meet his interlocutor halfway.
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
• When Lutnick took the stage, his interlocutor asked what exactly was going on with the tariffs.
  — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
• Not to be outdone, one of Kate’s interlocutors makes her case by dragging a massive map of unclear origin across the floor to make a point.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
• The interlocutor was soon on an uncrowded uptown 2.
  — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
• Egypt, a key interlocutor with Hamas, is a key target of US diplomacy.
  — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 18 May 2021
• Many of the interlocutors in Russia sound like they’ve been steeped in Putin’s propaganda.
  — Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
• Her interlocutor, Ellen Vora, meanwhile, was beaming in a floor-length floral dress with puffy sleeves.
  — Lauren Oyler, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Apr. 2023
• Ben Whishaw, shot in black and white, says his name is Arthur Rimbaud and speaks in aphorisms to some unknown interlocutor.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024
• Desmond gives Keiran a chance to get revenge by spilling his guts about the insurgency, but Keiran’s hate for his interlocutor stands in his way.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Dec. 2024
• The other interlocutors cannot be identified.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2025