contretemps
Example Sentences
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These two ladies seem far too alike not to arrive at a contretemps, which they quickly do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
However, as has been seen in recent years, the inherent clash of personalities there does break out into the open sometimes, especially when they have an on-track contretemps.
From BBC ● Dec. 10, 2024
Innocently hang a flag the wrong way — or hang the wrong flag — and what was supposed to be a celebration can become a diplomatic contretemps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
Aside from one episode in which he threw a rubber chicken at a persistent questioner, he coolly conveyed at press briefings the sensitivity of the diplomatic contretemps.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
“Yes, huh, yes there was a small, a little contretemps at the tree.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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A Separate Peace
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