rencounter

Example Sentences

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But the rencounter at Rakoniz," observed Henry Schlick, "remained, as I have heard, undecided.

From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Kohn, Spiegfried

Sylvie bowed, and looked straight on, remembering such a rencounter years agone.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

From these extracts it will be seen how commanding officers, when they write their official reports of a night rencounter, are apt to draw on their imaginations for the facts.

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey

I cannot helpe smiling, whenever I think of my rencounter with William this morning.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. 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