rencounter

Example Sentences

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Concealing himself from any chance of a rencounter, he allotted a space of twelve minutes by his watch, and time never paced more tardy with him in all his life.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

But really the possible alternatives of rencounter are far less numerous.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

I was beginning to recover my tranquillity, when the appearance of Mr. Talton drove me from your protection:—of my subsequent rencounter with the smugglers, I have already informed you.

From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia

Sylvie bowed, and looked straight on, remembering such a rencounter years agone.

From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

The rencounter between free labor and slave labor was very much like that now on between capitalists and labor organizations.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin