contretemps

But in the meanwhile a contretemps had occurred which threw out and seriously hampered the whole British line of battle.

A sweet reasonableness was undoubtedly the note to strike when such a contretemps occurred.

I can only express my regret that my presence here should have occasioned such a contretemps.

I had a full report from the Engadine a fortnight ago, and this contretemps is only what I have expected.

How Evans and his lot would make merry over this contretemps!

But the play was amusing, and Horace partially forgot this contretemps.

Bradish was pretty familiar with the phases and the oddities of the dancing craze, but this contretemps rather staggered him.

There are no contretemps, no unhappy moments, no jealousies, no heart-burnings.

I will now glance at the hundredth part of the contretemps which were continually annoying me.

One afternoon, when I had gone for a stroll without him, a contretemps occurred.