tryst

[US]/trɪst/
[UK]/traɪst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a meeting or agreement between lovers to meet at a certain place and time, especially in secret.
vt. to arrange a meeting or agreement to meet in secret with someone.
vi. to have a meeting or agreement to meet in secret.

Example Sentences

It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.

Stations have often served as trysting places, as in Brief Encounter, and there are echoes perhaps of Rowling's own parents too.

They arranged a secret tryst in the park at midnight.

The lovers met at their usual trysting spot by the river.

She couldn't make it to their tryst because of an unexpected meeting.

Their tryst was discovered by a nosy neighbor who spread rumors.

The tryst between the two politicians was kept strictly confidential.

He suggested a tryst at the café for a casual chat.

The tryst between the spy and the informant was a crucial exchange of information.

They had a romantic tryst under the starlit sky.

The tryst ended abruptly when they were caught by security guards.

She regretted agreeing to the tryst as soon as she saw him.

Real-world Examples

Did our little tryst turn your stomach into knots?

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

It's a rendezvous for dinosaurian trysts, a rendezvous for lovebirds.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

He didn't kill your old partners because of some tryst; he killed them because he was your new partner.

Source: Sherlock Holmes: The Basic Deduction Method Season 2

I was disappointed but not alarmed, for so many things could happen to either of us to prevent out keeping our tryst.

Source: Reciting beautiful English prose for you.

So; she hies to her tryst, for this is the land of the Vaishnava Poets.

Source: Family and the World (Part 1)

I bet you're on your way to some scandalous tryst.

Source: The Scorpion Maid Season 2

It was not the place which she would have chosen for a tryst such as she hoped this one would be.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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