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
Agnes again blessed their rencontre with this valuable new friend, and saw the satin and feathers of her aunt disappear with a feeling of great thankfulness that she was spared the necessity of attending them.
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
Not only had the rencontre cost us some precious minutes, but the Gascon, after letting us proceed a little way, followed us.
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Stanley J. Weyman
This conclusion, I may add, was fully confirmed some few weeks after, by my witnessing a still more interesting rencontre between members of the several races.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
The Expos themselves have been missing in action, losing about 90 of 162 rencontres each season.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had participated in so many rencontres that almost every warrior possessed a knowledge of his person.
From Heroes and Hunters of the West Comprising Sketches and Adventures of Boone, Kenton, Brady, Logan, Whetzel, Fleehart, Hughes, Johnson, &c. by John Frost
One of these rencontres in the Haymarket was of a quite extraordinary character.
From Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton
The two similar rencontres near Teapa and Cimatan.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
I do not mention several other hostile rencontres, for I should find neither any end to them, nor to the numerous perils I encountered.
From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo
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