rencontre
Americannoun
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rencontres
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rencontre
From French
Example Sentences
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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
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 Richard Cobbold
If they come back after that rencontre, they will be a little more tolerant of the cowardice of those whom they called weaker brethren.
From Psychical Miscellanea Being Papers on Psychical Research, Telepathy, Hypnotism, Christian Science, etc. by J. Arthur Hill
He felt a certain excitement in the rencontre under the circumstances.
From The New Rector by Stanley John Weyman
The Expos themselves have been missing in action, losing about 90 of 162 rencontres each season.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is owing to this habit of mine that I often make interesting rencontres in the middle of streets.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Carl Van Vechten
Dresses for these celebrations are things pre-meditated; and the effect produced, and all the little events and rencontres of the day form for each belle, thrilling subjects of retrospection.
From The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. by Nathaniel Armstrong Wells
We could enter largely on the history of this active species, and quote many a stirring anecdote of travellers' rencontres with this fearless animal.
From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White
The presentation over, Rodolph, in deep meditation upon the singular rencontres effected by the hand of chance, bent his steps towards the winter garden.
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Eugène Sue
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