How to Use tryst in a Sentence

tryst

noun

• 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

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024