dalliance

noun

dal·li·ance | \ ˈda-lē-ən(t)s

Definition of dalliance

: an act of dallying: such as

a : play especially : amorous play had dalliances with several women before getting married

b : frivolous action : trifling had a brief dalliance with acting

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an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat

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Jeffress is far from the only evangelical leader to give Trump a pass on extramarital dalliances. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, "Trump-allied pastor: Reagan was a womanizer, too," 23 July 2018 Some bags are serious investments, and others are fleeting dalliances. — Tina Craig, Harper's BAZAAR, "How to Shop for Vintage Bags," 5 Aug. 2015 His stormy dalliances with decades-younger women didn’t slow down either, sometimes making headlines, as when a girlfriend said Monroe, then 77, beat her with a Bible. — Eddie Dean, WSJ, "‘Bill Monroe’ and ‘Blue Grass Generation’ Review: The Blue Grass Boy," 27 Sep. 2018 Save for my occasional dalliances with the nostalgic glass bottle and sage green packaging, its contents never seemed to dwindle. — Celia Ellenberg, Vogue, "This Iconic Moisturizer Just Got a Major Upgrade—And It’s a Game Changer," 13 Nov. 2018 Computers, tablets, and smartphones absorb adulterous evidence like a sponge, and once suspicions are aroused, tech can offer many clues about a potential dalliance. — Kim Komando, Fox News, "8 clever ways that tech can reveal a cheating spouse," 15 Sep. 2018 Consequently, McCain’s dalliance with political reform ended up having little practical impact. — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, "John McCain, who died at 81, explained," 26 Aug. 2018 Ai Weiwei, maker of conceptual art and public sculptures, has had dalliances with architecture in the past. — Liz Stinson, Curbed, "Ai Weiwei’s first U.S. building is an artful block of concrete," 9 Oct. 2018 The statement didn't once mention Zack Snyder's live-action Watchmen film from 2009 (nor HBO's brief dalliance with having Snyder try his hand at a TV version years later). — Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, "HBO picks up Watchmen live-action TV series, will debut in 2019," 17 Aug. 2018

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