rencounter

Example Sentences

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Naught, from the evening of the rencounter, had we heard or seen of Ludolf.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. 22, March, 1852, Volume 4. by

And to this feeling every unusual circumstance of our rencounter, the darkness in which we had fought, our nakedness, even the resin on the twine, appeared to contribute.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

It is not the smile, the chance word, the pleasant or even the hostile rencounter in the outer courts; it is that  we do not respect each other’s silences.

From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail

Monsieur, that I am enchanted at this rencounter!

From Rosin the Beau by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe

I emphasize it specially here that this war was mortal rencounter between two different nations.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin