"encounter" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Gil was a hurricane for only about 30 hours, and it began to encounter dry air.
- His knuckles scraped against the rock, but the rest of his body encountered only air.
- As it encounters more and more air, so its descent will accelerate.
- The blade encountered only empty air, even when he reached into a level dangerous to his body.
- It moved to the northeast and encountered cold air from the north.
- His hand encountered thin air far past the place where the door-even if invisible-should have been.
- You stated that the spacecraft's descent will accelerate as it encounters more air while entering the atmosphere.
- It encountered air instead as the man deftly spun around and moved aside.
- Olive reached around to open the nearest cabinet, where she kept the spare rolls, but her flailing hand encountered only air.
- He stepped quickly forward, held out his hand to close the deal, and encountered only air.
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