Sentence example with the word 'contretemps'

contretemps

Last update: October 18, 2015


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There was a small contretemps on the way while coming back.   [noun]

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He was strongly urged to enter Stepney (now Regent's Park) College to prepare more fully for the ministry, but an appointment with Dr Joseph Angus, the tutor, having accidently fallen through, Spurgeon interpreted the contretemps as a divine warning against a college career.   [noun]

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The slight contretemps claimed her attention but in two twos she set that little matter to rights.   [noun]

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He was strongly urged to enter Stepney (now Regent's Park) College to prepare more fully for the ministry, but an appointment with Dr Joseph Angus, the tutor, having accidently fallen through, Spurgeon interpreted the contretemps as a divine warning against a college career.   [Please select]

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The staggering contretemps struck the color from his face and left every nerve raw and quivering.   [Please select]

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In spite of this little contretemps, Gordon was in the highest spirits.   [Please select]

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He didn't come near us until this afternoon, and he hasn't by the blink of an eyelash referred to our unfortunate contretemps.   [Please select]

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Ordinarily such a contretemps would have been by no means fatal to the evening's enjoyment, for in the battalion there was no lack of musical and other talent, and an impromptu entertainment was easily possible.   [Please select]

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