How to Use tryst in a Sentence

tryst

noun
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  • This, of course, was not the first time Simpson had a tryst with the law.
    — Angela Helm, The Root, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Still, no act of passion is more iconic than a tryst on the sand or in the waves.
    — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
  • Seth and Summer’s secret tryst is over — but not for long.
    — Olivia-Anne Cleary, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Still, Valentina checked into a room for her tryst with Mia.
    — Time, 7 Dec. 2022
  • And yet: Jamie’s discovery of his wife and his brother’s tryst still haunts me.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Unlike the males, females can eat just fine throughout the duration of the tryst.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2022
  • He was married to designer Barbara Feltus at the time of the tryst.
    — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, 21 June 2017
  • And when a mechanic propositions her in an episode of the new series, their tryst is not part of a scheme.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The hazy lighting and filmy shades lend themselves to the perfect backdrop for a weekend-long tryst with your love.
    — Sara Tardiff, ELLE Decor, 18 Aug. 2017
  • The Gita is a treatise of Arjuna’s tryst with self-doubt.
    — K.n.c., The Economist, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Hay wagon trysts have been absent from world drama for quite a while.
    — David Benedict, Variety, 26 May 2023
  • At the time, the pair were engaging in a very public and ridiculously over-the-top tryst that has since ended.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The characters wore them during a tryst and the ensuing fight.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The album rises and crashes with Syd’s emotions; its lilting, lovelorn alt-blues trace the arc of a tryst gone sour.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Presumably that’s where Austin and Mabel met for their trysts.
    — Brenda Wineapple, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2018
  • Yes, Nova is back between the sheets with Calvin (Greg Vaughan) after a late-night tryst… again.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Suddenly the Trump - Xi tryst looks as fleeting as a Taylor Swift fling.
    — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 8 July 2017
  • He's carted off the field only to have a secret tryst with one of his fellow players in the locker room.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 17 Sep. 2021
  • That is, until 1996, when he was murdered during one tryst.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2021
  • During Briscoe’s tryst with Gaffney, Alpha was scalded to death in a bathtub.
    — Adam Entous, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • And after two years of trysts on the fire escape and sneaking out to nearby dance halls, they were married and are still very much in love.
    — Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The rift leads to scheming and swordplay aplenty, with some time left over for old-fashioned bodice-ripping trysts.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 May 2017
  • Pete Rose lost his position with Fox Sports after admitting to a tryst with a teen girl in the 1970s.
    — Ray Hamel, Slate Magazine, 29 Sep. 2017
  • British rugby star Will Carling was rumored to have a tryst with Diana in the mid-90s, though Carling has denied it.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 20 Nov. 2022
  • There was one drunken tryst a while back, but other than that it's been nothing but frustration for Stu.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 10 July 2019
  • Some 41 million years ago, a pair of flies locked in a tender tryst was interrupted by a falling glob of tree resin.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020
  • From the Register Office Births and deaths, marriages and trysts all play out in an English workplace.
    — Dorothy Rabinowitz, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2017
  • The story of human evolution is full of ancient trysts.
    — Ann Gibbons, Science | AAAS, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Thompson was referring to his tryst with Jenner’s best friend Jordyn Woods.
    — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Ziegler is accused of raping a woman who had previously engaged in a three-way tryst with him and his wife, Bridget.
    — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024

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