rencounter
Example Sentences
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Monsieur, that I am enchanted at this rencounter!
From Rosin the Beau by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
After this rencounter, I proceeded more carefully until I reached the cabin in the clearing.
From Trusia A Princess of Krovitch by Brinton, Davis
There was to be, he presumed, a rencounter, or meeting engagement; he merely had sealed orders, to be opened at a certain spot on the route.
From At Plattsburg by French, Allen
Without a thought they began a sort of challenging rencounter with horse-artillery and cavalry.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan
The two old Cavaliers laid about them in a style worthy of their best and most chivalrous days, and the citizens as stoutly supported them although but poorly armed and equipped for such a rencounter.
From The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion by Caruthers, William A. (Alexander)
