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  • noun Plural form of tryst.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tryst.

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Examples

  • We'll also wonder why you called the trysts "mistakes, but not a crime" when you've described the point of your book as

    Gawker 2009

  • The last argument, while thoroughly depressing, convinced India that helping Monique arrange her trysts was the lesser of two evils.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • The last argument, while thoroughly depressing, convinced India that helping Monique arrange her trysts was the lesser of two evils.

    One Flight Up Susan Fales-Hill 2010

  • And while I've been reintroduced to preacher Jim Casy, I'd forgotten how he recalled his trysts with the girls after preaching them into a fervor.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • And while I've been reintroduced to preacher Jim Casy, I'd forgotten how he recalled his trysts with the girls after preaching them into a fervor.

    Rereading Is Like Falling in Love Again 2009

  • Santos 'life-long unrequited love for his country, his many "trysts" as Ministers of Trade, Finance, and Defense -- and his consistent aspiration to the nation's highest office have prepared him to be president.

    Michael Fairbanks: The Colombian Elections: Who Will Be the Next President of Macondo? 2010

  • I wonder if Marion and Sam haven’t gone all the way yet, if their trysts are a kind of sweaty fury of petting and rubbing and deep kissing… and holding off on going all the way until they can be free and clear of their obligations and debts.

    Was Marion Crane orgasmic? Arbogast 2007

  • "trysts" she asks Mac "Why did you choose Heather (Mac's wife) and not me?"

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

  • Few filmmakers can juggle all three positions on their debut, let alone have it turn out this striking; Chung shoots Taipei with a blend of handheld cinema verite in a nod to the New Wave (Hou, Tsai and Edward Yang); slick, almost commercial artistry showcasing some picture-perfect framing, and a touch of seedy, voyeuristic gloss that foreshadows the surprisingly graphic sexual content in one story thread (recalling the lonely 'trysts' in Tsai Ming-Liang's

    Twitch 2009

  • I don't want my tax dollars spent on exotic trysts.

    Meghan McCain: Sanford affair is 'private matter' 2009

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