encounter

Example Sentences

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Each encounter drains a little more energy and confidence.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

For many autistic people, even a slim prospect of an unwanted encounter with law enforcement or an emergency room is frightening.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Two old flames are rekindled in an unlikely romantic encounter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Many of us were the Success Daughters who had grown up hearing that we could be anything we wanted, only to encounter barriers and indignities we hadn’t been told existed.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

She knew it was optoomuchstic to think they might get through the evening without running into the Ashtons, or to imagine that such an encounter would be anything less than extremely unpleasant.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood