rencontres
- plural of rencontre.
Example Sentences
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The Expos themselves have been missing in action, losing about 90 of 162 rencontres each season.
From Time Magazine Archive
At length, to avoid these disagreeable rencontres, and indeed to rest himself, he went to a smaller and more private room.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
While he was engaged in dressing my wound, he rambled on about the reckless habits that made such rencontres possible.
From That Boy Of Norcott's by Lever, Charles James
“Fortunate creature!” he said aloud; “whatever may be the troubles of your lot, you are at least safe from exasperating rencontres with your future mother-in-law!”
From The Eagle Cliff by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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 White, Adam
