Run-in in a sentence as a noun

That night, my severe shyness and social awkwardness had their first run-in with beasts known as angry customers. I was scared I would get fired, so I promptly made new buns, but spent the rest of my shift trying to get rid of my blunder.

Run-in definitions

noun

an angry dispute; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words"

See also: quarrel wrangle words dustup