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
Recent Examples on the Web
Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s grand jury indicted Trump for committing 34 felonies related to illegally hiding payments to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet during the final days of the 2016 campaign from talking about an old tryst.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
Greg Rajan, Esquire, 3 Mar. 2016
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Noun
For many years, rumors swirled that the married Gable and starlet Young had a tryst while making their 1935 film Call of the Wild that resulted in a child.
—Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s grand jury indicted Trump for committing 34 felonies related to illegally hiding payments to Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet during the final days of the 2016 campaign from talking about an old tryst.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2024
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 11 Sep. 2024.
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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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