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

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 • May 18, 2023

Yet time and her aunt moved slowly—and her patience and her ideas were nearly worn out before the tête-à-tête was over.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen