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

The short concludes with a tête-à-tête back at the restaurant between Bad Bunny and Pacino, who praises the younger celebrity.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023

It reminded her of their first forlorn tête-à-tête, on the evening of Mrs. Weston’s wedding-day; but Mr. Knightley had walked in then, soon after tea, and dissipated every melancholy fancy.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen