We had no dramatic encounters with a half-starved bear.

His numerous publications can be characterized as an attempt to grapple with "the dramatic encounter between faith and human culture."

The media tell it whenever they present international relations as a dramatic encounter between world leaders who personify their countries.

This gave rise to the dramatic encounters between monitors and residents as they arrived in the city during the funeral of one of the dead.

Before he sets out he has a number of droll or dramatic encounters.

Julie has a dramatic mystical encounter with a Roosevelt elk on the beach.

The war began thus, with a dramatic encounter on and around the bridge over the River Uji.

Captain Kirk turned, smiling, taking his seat as if the brief but dramatic encounter were a matter of routine.

"What did everyone expect to accomplish with this dramatic encounter?"

In short, it was a highly dramatic encounter.