rencounter
Example Sentences
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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 Robert Louis Stevenson
The youths and their tutor hastened to the drawing-room, when William and his brother were congratulated on the fortunate issue of their rencounter with the tiger.
From Forgotten Tales of Long Ago by F. D. Bedford
Sylvie bowed, and looked straight on, remembering such a rencounter years agone.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
But the rencounter at Rakoniz," observed Henry Schlick, "remained, as I have heard, undecided.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
When this strange rencounter had subsided, the storming party was ordered for twelve o'clock.
From Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment by John Shipp
