tête-à-tête

Example Sentences

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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

So few of the specifics of their tête-à-tête with Altman have become public that it’s hard to assess who’s right.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2023

But some fans defended the tweet, further completing the lyric with an impromptu digital sing-along and arguing that Harwell would have approved of the online tête-à-tête.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

I had prepared an occupation for him; for I was determined not to spend the whole time in a tête-à-tête conversation.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë