tête-à-tête
Example Sentences
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The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.
From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024
“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
So few of the specifics of their tête-à-tête with Altman have become public that it’s hard to assess who’s right.
From Slate • Nov. 27, 2023
His ear was anxiously attuned to the room’s ambient noise, but the din fortunately subsided, allowing him to proceed with his preferred mode of conversation, the tête-à-tête.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2023
Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over.
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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