trysts

plural of tryst
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 Tenderness is often reserved for moments of isolation when the characters are reflecting on their trysts or their wants; rarely is that articulated between two people. — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026 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. — 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
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Noun
  • John’s café rendezvous with equally complicated father-figure Hal ends with him punching the hotshot pilot in the face, in what turns out to be an ugly goodbye.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Between 1964 and 1966, Titan II launched Gemini missions that demonstrated orbital rendezvous, docking, spacewalking, and other procedures required for the Apollo lunar program.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Those dates are alternate beach closure dates for Boca Chica Beach, which is a beach near Starbase, and a good indicator of when SpaceX plans to fly.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026
  • If your dates are flexible, consider this an excellent time to visit the city, while staying in a hotel with some very rich guild history of its own.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The company plans to add its Muse AI agent to smart glasses, allowing users to book appointments and find flights while promising stronger data protections.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The Pisces Moon squares Uranus in your daily-life zone, making unclear instructions, appointments, or routine disruptions especially irritating.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 24 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The terror and the beauty of Jordan and Gareth’s assignations are that both men stop being able to tell themselves apart.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Men who trick their wives into outside romantic assignations ultimately need to be taught a lesson, and Diego de la Vega is no exception.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2026

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“Trysts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trysts. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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