rencounter
Example Sentences
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We passed on without further rencounter till on the Quai des Oiseleurs we espied a young damsel striding along with a notable air of resolution.
From The Merrie Tales of Jacques Tournebroche And Child Life in Town and Country by A. R. (Alfred Richard) Allinson
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 Andrew Lang
Monsieur, that I am enchanted at this rencounter!
From Rosin the Beau by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
The most trivial play of pleasantry was embittered into an insult; the simplest sting of passing controversy was often to be healed only by a rencounter in the field.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
I cannot helpe smiling, whenever I think of my rencounter with William this morning.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, No. 12, May, 1851. by Various
