rencontre
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of rencontre
From French
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In an extraordinary passage, Silvio recalls that his adversary was late for their rencontre.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2017
This was in New York bay, where yachts, sailboats, rowboats, tugs, scows interfered with the decorum of such rencontre.
From Time Magazine Archive
This she did not do for some time, but the interval and my thoughts were diverted by a rencontre as disagreeable as it was unexpected.
From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.
Soon after her rencontre with the Swedish vessel, it was said that two English frigates chased off the southern coast an American sloop-of-war, and while in pursuit were struck with a heavy squall.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
It is needless to dwell upon the mutual surprise of both parties at such a rencontre.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
