tete-a-tete

Example Sentences

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I haven’t slept a wink, I only think Of our approaching tête-à-tête, Tonight at eight.

From New York Times

Rodrigues blows past good taste with an explicit tête-à-tête in the scorched forest where his brave leading men pant racial slurs into each other’s nether regions.

From New York Times

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

All the excellent acting and sumptuous style can’t cover up that the culmination of this tête-à-tête is disappointingly hollow with an ironic bow on top.

From Los Angeles Times

As usual, the best action happens in the corners, where you can watch miniature reflections of yourself walk right past one another — your ego snubbing your id, or vice versa — or convene four of your doppelgängers in an intimate tête-à-tête.

From New York Times