encounter

Example Sentences

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In seven days the only creatures Torak had encountered were birds and voles .and once, with heart-stopping suddenness, a hunting party: three men, two women and a dog.

From Literature

Referred to in court as Officer 4, the witness said he had first encountered Bosh coming down the stairs to the ground floor of the city centre hotel.

From BBC

Mice were exposed to aerosolized chlorpyrifos for 11 weeks through inhalation methods designed to mimic how people typically encounter the chemical.

From Science Daily

Rosengren said the committee’s current posture, which implies the next move is more likely to be a cut, has grown harder to defend given the shocks the economy is encountering.

From The Wall Street Journal

The buildings rolled by as I pulled my hair around and combed my fingers through it, wondering at the peculiar little encounter with Russell.

From Literature