contretemps

Example Sentences

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These two ladies seem far too alike not to arrive at a contretemps, which they quickly do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Aston Villa team-mates Anwar El Ghazi and Tyrone Mings' contretemps came in a goalless draw with West Ham.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Beyond that contretemps, there is a second possible dispute that may be headed to the court of appeals shortly.

From Slate • Feb. 20, 2024

Aside from one episode in which he threw a rubber chicken at a persistent questioner, he coolly conveyed at press briefings the sensitivity of the diplomatic contretemps.

From New York Times • May 12, 2023

“Yes, huh, yes there was a small, a little contretemps at the tree.”

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles