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

On the last song in the set, Woody and Casado traded lines, bringing the old idea of a cutting competition forward, riding a rising tide rather than a tête-à-tête.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 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

I’d already turned into the aisle—one with fluffy animals and big boxed jigsaws—before I realised Ruth and Chrissie were standing together at the end of it, having some sort of tête-à-tête.

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro