as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Recent Examples of trysts
If the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s swoon-worthy fourth season were about desperate, hungry yearning, then the final four were more about, er, consummation—complete with secret trysts, steaming hot baths, false identities, and genuinely big shocks.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Many stumble into their digital trysts accidentally after playing around with AI.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
In DaCosta’s vision, Tessa Thompson dives in as Hedda, a woman in 1950s London trapped within the constraints of society who, in one fateful night amid a swirl of scandal, trysts and jealousy at an opulent party, decides to take it all down.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
But after the birth of their three children, their passionate trysts are eventually exchanged for lonely moments miles apart.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Love motels are common throughout Brazil, with rooms available by the hour often booked for romantic trysts.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Radhika Seth, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
Yet despite the growing global consensus that all trysts should start on the opposite sides of a hockey puck, most real-life skating entanglements occur between athletes on the same team.
—Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
Many stumble into their digital trysts accidentally after playing around with AI.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 17 Jan. 2026
Alice, who often visited Charlotte's resting place, also knew about Jack and Rachel's secret trysts near the graveyard.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Jan. 2026
Two streetlamps engaged in a mute but luminous dialogue, an indecipherable Morse code, alluding to the silent exchanges and secret ciphers of strangers who meet there for their trysts.
—Javier Montes, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
In DaCosta’s vision, Tessa Thompson dives in as Hedda, a woman in 1950s London trapped within the constraints of society who, in one fateful night amid a swirl of scandal, trysts and jealousy at an opulent party, decides to take it all down.
—Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
But after the birth of their three children, their passionate trysts are eventually exchanged for lonely moments miles apart.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
Love motels are common throughout Brazil, with rooms available by the hour often booked for romantic trysts.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trysts
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There’s a class divide between them — though Lola has endured trauma Bebo hasn’t experienced — and once the stormy appeal of their rendezvous is replaced by harsh reality, the frailty of their connection becomes evident.—
Carlos Aguilar,
IndieWire,
20 Mar. 2026
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Military intelligence services managed to track down Osguera after finding out about his rendezvous, authorities said after the operation.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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His musical career dates to the mid-2000s, but 2025 was the first in which Weathers seemed to summit the Texas Music mountain.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
29 Mar. 2026
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Last January, pre-diagnosis, Duong was set to perform across 41 states through the year, with some dates alongside The Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng, per a Los Angeles Times profile.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
29 Mar. 2026
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The council will make its appointments after the interviews.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Our citizens have to get to work, medical appointments, grocery stores, schools and day cares.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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In preparation for her assignations with Pat at locations in the city agreeable to him, Isabel pays careful attention to her personal style and dress.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2026
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Their assignations bump along methodically, PowerPoint-style.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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