contretemps

How To Use contretemps In A Sentence

• The episode evoked an earlier contretemps, when the ministry of culture judged the visual-arts biennale to be overly sympathetic to new media at the expense of painting.
• There was a slight contretemps between Richard and some bloke at the bar.
• Public contretemps sometimes can't be avoided.
• Associated Press News analyst Juan Williams All these sentiments strike me as eminently reasonable, but my own view of the contretemps is slightly different. The Real Case for Defunding NPR
• I think that is what prompted the unfortunate contretemps this evening.
• Meanwhile, the largest contretemps of the campaign season erupted between two studios that are not even in the race for best picture.
• Stay tuned for how this little contretemps resolves itself.
• While the Clinton contretemps is absolutely fascinating -- particularly to veteran Clinton watchers like us -- it ultimately will have little effect on the race. RGA drops $6.5 million in quartet of governors races
• I assure you that any reasonable and thinking person reading this contretemps of lazy writing and outright stupidity may just harbor suicidal thoughts.
• But now the face of Mr. Vanringham was attenuated by her revelations, and the wried mouth of Mr. Vanringham suggested that the party be seated, in order to consider more at ease the unfortunate _contretemps_. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes