1
: an agreement (as between lovers) to meet
2
: an appointed meeting or meeting place
trysted; trysting; trysts
: to make or keep a tryst
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Examples of tryst in a Sentence
Noun
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Doha Madani, NBC News, 6 June 2023
Secrecy is hard to come by when you’re followed by the Secret Service, royal bodyguards, and Zahra Bankston (Sarah Shahi), the tenacious US deputy chief of staff who, in a very funny scene, discovers Henry in Alex’s hotel closet after one of their trysts.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
In the most recent installment of the show, one aspect of Holland's performance in particular has garnered attention: a scene in which his character Danny Sullivan, adorned in black eyeliner, has a tryst with another man in a bathroom stall in a nightclub.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
Suddenly the world believed that Shanahan — a 37-year-old attorney, philanthropist and investor — had a tryst with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, 52, leading to Brin, 49, filing for divorce.
—Nick Maslow, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
Getting to know one another after one early tryst, Henry and Alex discuss their unwieldy full names.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
My parents tolerated our weekly tryst but disapproved of Roz’s extravagance
while on the dole through family loans.
—Jane Shore, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Hotel bar trysts are a classic trope for a reason; what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so the saying goes.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
Hay wagon trysts have been absent from world drama for quite a while.
—David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
Greg Rajan, Esquire, 3 Mar. 2016
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Noun
Even though the tryst was revealed only in the last episode of the regular season, the show's three-part reunion has been almost entirely dedicated to its fallout.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 6 June 2023
Secrecy is hard to come by when you’re followed by the Secret Service, royal bodyguards, and Zahra Bankston (Sarah Shahi), the tenacious US deputy chief of staff who, in a very funny scene, discovers Henry in Alex’s hotel closet after one of their trysts.
—Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2023
In the most recent installment of the show, one aspect of Holland's performance in particular has garnered attention: a scene in which his character Danny Sullivan, adorned in black eyeliner, has a tryst with another man in a bathroom stall in a nightclub.
—Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
Suddenly the world believed that Shanahan — a 37-year-old attorney, philanthropist and investor — had a tryst with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, 52, leading to Brin, 49, filing for divorce.
—Nick Maslow, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
Getting to know one another after one early tryst, Henry and Alex discuss their unwieldy full names.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
My parents tolerated our weekly tryst but disapproved of Roz’s extravagance
while on the dole through family loans.
—Jane Shore, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
Hotel bar trysts are a classic trope for a reason; what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, so the saying goes.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 July 2023
Hay wagon trysts have been absent from world drama for quite a while.
—David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
Verb
That's according to model Bianca Ghezzi, who recently trysted with the beleaguered Cleveland Browns quarterback at a luxury villa in Miami Beach.
—Greg Rajan, Esquire, 3 Mar. 2016
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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tryst. Accessed 21 Sep. 2023.
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tryst
1 of 2 noun
ˈtrist 
especially British ˈtrīst
: a meeting arranged especially by lovers
tryst
2 of 2 verb
: to make or keep a tryst
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