rencounter

Example Sentences

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At length whispers ran round the benches, of a rencounter between the two distinguished individuals; and, like all rumours of this nature, the results were pronounced to be of the most alarming kind.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

It is not the smile, the chance word, the pleasant or even the hostile rencounter in the outer courts; it is that  we do not respect each other’s silences.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

Guy Fawkes lingered for a moment, doubting whether he should mention his rencounter with Humphrey Chetham.

From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by Ainsworth, William Harrison

It was evident, she thought, that Emma as yet knew nothing of that strange rencounter on the stairs.

From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte

After the first awkwardness of such a rencounter had worn off Dorothy found Wilfred entertaining.

From The Vanity Girl by MacKenzie, Compton