encountered

Example Sentences

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I was a bit older when I encountered Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” which opens in the seaside town of Whitby, where cliffs overlook the sea in which the ill-fated ship Demeter meets its end.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Trump, in turn, may well be the most mercurial foreign leader China has ever encountered.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Yoffe first encountered this framework during doctoral studies in statistics and data science, where diversity metrics were used to uncover patterns in complicated datasets, including research involving ancient human cultures.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

It is presumed that the cruise ship patients encountered rodents in Argentina.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

In his head, Duane went through a list of everyone he’d encountered, which wasn’t a long list.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el