On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Contretemps. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as brush or clash and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Contretemps in a sentence
Contretemps meaning
- An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event.
- An ill-timed pass.
Using Contretemps
- The main meaning on this page is: An unforeseen, inopportune, or embarrassing event. | An ill-timed pass.
- Useful related words include: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish.
- In the example corpus, contretemps often appears in combinations such as: the contretemps, contretemps with, contretemps over.
Context around Contretemps
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Contretemps
- In this selection, "contretemps" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shattering stand out and add context to how "contretemps" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include culture shattering contretemps with the and in a contretemps with protesters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "contretemps" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with contretemps
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A museum’s unusual tactic in a contretemps with protesters brings visibility to their walkout. (15 words)
After Marvin's absurd death, Vincent and Jules wash up in Jimmie's bathroom, where they get into a contretemps over a bloody hand towel. (25 words)
Anne's education in France proved itself in later years, inspiring many new trends among the ladies and courtiers of England, and it may have been instrumental in pressing their King toward the culture-shattering contretemps with the Papacy itself. (40 words)
Anne's education in France proved itself in later years, inspiring many new trends among the ladies and courtiers of England, and it may have been instrumental in pressing their King toward the culture-shattering contretemps with the Papacy itself. (40 words)
After Marvin's absurd death, Vincent and Jules wash up in Jimmie's bathroom, where they get into a contretemps over a bloody hand towel. (25 words)
A museum’s unusual tactic in a contretemps with protesters brings visibility to their walkout. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
A museum’s unusual tactic in a contretemps with protesters brings visibility to their walkout.
After Marvin's absurd death, Vincent and Jules wash up in Jimmie's bathroom, where they get into a contretemps over a bloody hand towel.
Anne's education in France proved itself in later years, inspiring many new trends among the ladies and courtiers of England, and it may have been instrumental in pressing their King toward the culture-shattering contretemps with the Papacy itself.
Common combinations with contretemps
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: