as in rendezvous
an agreement to be present at a specified time and place
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Recent Examples of tryst
Today, the park is visited mostly by lovers who use its overgrown grounds for trysts.
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Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2026
If the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s swoon-worthy fourth season were about desperate, hungry yearning, then the final four were more about, er, consummation—complete with secret trysts, steaming hot baths, false identities, and genuinely big shocks.
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Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe?
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Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
The script also stirs in a BDSM tryst between two servants in a stable.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2026
If the first four episodes of Bridgerton’s swoon-worthy fourth season were about desperate, hungry yearning, then the final four were more about, er, consummation—complete with secret trysts, steaming hot baths, false identities, and genuinely big shocks.
—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
26 Feb. 2026
Bread dough The morning after Cathy and Heathcliff spy on Joseph (Ewan Mitchell) and Zillah’s (Amy Morgan) kinky stable tryst, Cathy loses her composure at the breakfast table watching a very wet dough (focaccia, maybe?
—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
The script also stirs in a BDSM tryst between two servants in a stable.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tryst
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TransAstra, based in Los Angeles, has proposed capturing a near-Earth asteroid and moving it into a stable orbit for processing, potentially with a rendezvous in 2028 or 2029 if funded.
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This little pitstop happened on Lucy's way to a rendezvous with the Trojan asteroids that shadow Jupiter around the sun.
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At a hearing on June 24 observed by The Times, 14 immigrants didn’t make their appointment, and were ordered removable by the end of the day.
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This includes logistical stressors, from school and daycare pick-up and drop-off, doctors’ appointments, sick kids and elder care, to things like pregnancy accommodations, pumping and menopause.
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The bacteria that cause tetanus are everywhere in our environment and cannot be eliminated, which is why staying up to date on vaccination is so important.
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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tryst. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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