tête-à-tête

Example Sentences

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For a few hours on Sunday, the United States and Colombia engaged in a full-blown economic tête-à-tête.

From Slate • Jan. 28, 2025

The "Call Her Daddy" conversation was not the contentious tête-à-tête the chattering class has come to expect after decades of cable news bloviating somehow came to represent meaningful political coverage.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2024

“Freud’s Last Session” comes from the stage and, like “The Two Popes,” centers on the tête-à-tête of intellectual opposites.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024

But the performance might have been stronger if she had opted for a more intimate tête-à-tête with the audience.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

Mr. Knightley and Harriet!—It was an odd tête-à-tête; but she was glad to see it.—There had been a time when he would have scorned her as a companion, and turned from her with little ceremony.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen