He tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Noun, : He caused a minor contretemps by knocking over his drink. From Dictionary.com.
I would like to experience more 'contretemps' in order to puruse artistic abilities. From Wordnik.com. [contretemps - French Word-A-Day] Reference
Aston Villa's Nigel Reo-Coker returns to training after 'contretemps'. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Yet he was not pleased at the unexpected contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
"This is a most unfortunate contretemps," said Brooks, all trembling. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
Judging from last week's diplomatic contretemps, he apparently did not. From Wordnik.com. [Very Unclear On Nuclear] Reference
So these three women have had this sort of contretemps all these years. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2004] Reference
She did everything asked of her and never had a contretemps with Parker. From Wordnik.com. [Madonna Tangos With Evita] Reference
So it ` s just a shame that there was this contretemps going on for them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 24, 2009] Reference
The more common quarterback contretemps today are not one guy versus another. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Next Quarterback Controversy] Reference
But the ship had battled already against the contretemps of too many voyages. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
It is one of the more remarkable he said/he said contretemps in sports history. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons of the Zidane Head Butt] Reference
Wolfer House, while he was turned out, was a contretemps to be avoided, if possible. From Wordnik.com. [Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden] Reference
Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa is, of course, the real mystery man in this contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [Meet Me In St. Louis] Reference
My favorite contretemps involved the top prize, the coveted Golden Bear for best picture. From Wordnik.com. [THE DIVA IS A PORN STAR!] Reference
He remembered the society girls back home crying buckets at the least little contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel's Lady]
(It was Contreras's demotion to the minors that was at the heart of the current contretemps.). From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The George Of Old] Reference
Every one present pitied her for the contretemps over which she had triumphed so successfully. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And then there was Senator McCain whose decision to filibuster brought about this whole contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [Aubrey Sarvis: Outrage Is Overdue] Reference
Audiences really enjoy such contretemps, cruel as such accidents or mishaps may be to the luckless player. From Wordnik.com. [A Pirate of Parts] Reference
They glared at one another like fighting cats ... the contretemps fizzled out; both were too tired to argue. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
The individual contretemps wouldn't matter so much if this weren't such an important testing time for Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The New, New Europe] Reference
To Debbie Fowler, who had witnessed the contretemps out of the corner of her eye, the body language said it all. From Wordnik.com. [Fox Evil]
With that contretemps, the prospectus was drafted to his satisfaction, and the satisfaction of the underwriters. From Wordnik.com. [Ruined City]
Caro told her, mentioning her Midsummer Revels and the fading contretemps between the Prussians and the Russians. From Wordnik.com. [The Ideal Bride]
He hasn't been the president-elect for long, but Barack Obama is already facing his first foreign-policy contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [Antimissile Antipathy] Reference
WEST: Well, I wouldn't agree with that in terms of I am not seeing the underlying crime in this Gonzales contretemps. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2007] Reference
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