How to Use encounter in a Sentence

encounter

1 of 2 verb

• The pilot told us that we might encounter turbulence during the flight.
• We encountered problems early in the project.
• Her suggestion has encountered a lot of opposition.
• Be ready to encounter some bugs along the way and don’t set the bar high for the camera.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 10 Sep. 2020
• Seavey wasn't the first musher to encounter a moose along that stretch of the race.
  — CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024
• Goff wasn't the only one in the region to encounter a snake.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 6 June 2018
• That must have been so shocking, just to encounter the food of the U.S. alone?
  — Justin Phillips, SFChronicle.com, 6 July 2020
• Alati was the ideal shopper for the snake to encounter.
  — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• Utah would not be the first state to encounter issues with cannabis labs.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Oct. 2021
• And those were just a few of the problems the Dolphins encountered.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2024
• Even avoiding the worst of the ice storm, drivers may encounter snow or slush.
  — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
• There’s so many people who encounter tragedies who feel like the world and time won’t heal it.
  — Nina Mandell, For The Win, 9 Apr. 2018
• So sorry to everyone who feels the loss and had the chance to encounter Nick in their life.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2020
• So our test is a bit tougher on these machines than the snow most users will encounter.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2020
• Once in a while, someone will even encounter a stray deer.
  — Fox News, 9 Apr. 2022
• Much like the book, the movie is filled with ups and downs the duo encounters on the trail, showing the true power of friendship.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Little is known about the elusive species and the sharks rarely encounter humans.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
• The last thing any pilot wants to encounter upon take-off is a bird strike.
  — Jenae Sitzes, Country Living, 3 Apr. 2017
• The alert includes advice for drug users and those who may encounter them.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 30 July 2020
• At the top of the stack—the surface most of us encounter first—are simple markup languages, HTML being the best known.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
• South Asians who now live there are forced to encounter them every day.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2022
• Keep a bottle of eye wash handy and flush the eye when a problem is encountered.
  — John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 11 Feb. 2020
• This isn’t the first time the museum has encountered remains of a mastodon.
  — Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2023
• Say the main character is about to encounter somebody from one of those parks.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
• How could any encounter between two black holes produce the kind of light our eyes can see?
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 25 June 2020
• Those a-ha moments are a pleasure to encounter, though there’s a downside to them.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Even police who might encounter him should be on alert.
  — NBC News, 3 May 2022
• Above ground, the Israeli soldiers who reached the city Monday evening have encountered some of the stiffest fighting of the war.
  — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
• On the third floor, visitors encounter models, movies, car parts, posters, and works of art.
  — The New Yorker, 25 June 2021
• Those who resist the orders to cut their plants down can encounter a morass of fines and legal threats.
  — Ellen Airhart, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023

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encounter

2 of 2 noun

• The tour boat had a close encounter with a breeching humpback whale.
• It was her first encounter with cigarettes.
• There was a violent encounter between fans of the opposing teams.
• That encounter was about a mile from the Schroters’ home.
  — Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 5 Feb. 2018
• The video of the encounter taken by one of the younger females went viral.
  — Judith Koll Healey, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
• Dash cam footage of the encounter shows that Cain crossed the street while two cars speeded by.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 12 Mar. 2018
• The photo was the first researchers had seen of such an encounter.
  — National Geographic, 11 June 2020
• But the shooter drove off, and the encounter left some in the group feeling shaken.
  — Brooke Baitinger, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• But the officer said this was the first encounter the two had.
  — cleveland, 23 June 2022
• That one encounter, of course, didn’t turn things around for Spencer, his dad said.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Apr. 2021
• The key to getting through any shark encounter is to act like a predator.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2021
• The video is one of four of the encounter that have been posted online since late last week.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2022
• In 2000, Frederik and Mary met in a chance encounter at a bar in Sydney.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• The encounter took place on Sunday and was caught on camera.
  — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 7 July 2020
• Johnson did not pull the gun out during the encounter, Davis said.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
• Four years ago, a chance encounter allowed Vezzani to test the idea.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 12 Dec. 2019
• Their encounter reads not as a climax, long in the making, but rather as camp.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 16 July 2019
• Thirty years have passed since our first encounter, and he is still wired to please.
  — Ariel Leve, New York Times, 17 July 2019
• Video of the deadly encounter has been making the rounds online.
  — National Geographic, 18 June 2018
• Like any police encounter, this one was set off by a unique mix of events.
  — Brooke Jarvis, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Bodycam footage of the encounter will be released today, the chief said.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 31 Dec. 2020
• The previous encounter had ended in a large-scale brawl and a 2-2 tie.
  — Joel Khalili, WIRED, 25 Aug. 2023
• The problem is that there are just too many of these large-scale encounters.
  — Brandon Widder, The Verge, 14 June 2023
• An encounter with the police should not equal a death sentence.
  — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 10 June 2020
• The gator twists and turns as onlookers record the encounter with their cellphones.
  — Juan Ortega, Sun-Sentinel.com, 9 Feb. 2018
• Nothing good is going to come out of an encounter with a tick.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 24 May 2018
• That encounter was my first attempt at leaving the house.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• Shaw said part of the encounter was consensual but not all of it.
  — Jenny Dial Creech, San Antonio Express-News, 13 June 2018
• That encounter changed my life and inspired many ideas that are now part of this album.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 16 May 2022
• Each team had a close encounter with a goal during a scoreless first half.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 9 May 2024