1
: an agreement (as between lovers) to meet
2
: an appointed meeting or meeting place
trysted; trysting; trysts
: to make or keep a tryst
Examples of tryst in a Sentence
Noun
both lovers had to hurry to keep their noontime tryst in the park
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Xavier is headed out of the silo Xavier was always going to leave the silo to try to find his wife, despite a brief tryst with Sinatra's therapist, Dr. Gabriela Torabi (Sarah Shahi), that wound up being meaningless from both a plot and character perspective.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
That's according to model Bianca Ghezzi, who recently trysted with the beleaguered Cleveland Browns quarterback at a luxury villa in Miami Beach.
—Greg Rajan, Esquire, 3 Mar. 2016
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Noun
Jaclyn’s secret tryst was discovered right away: Kate spotted Valentin leaving her room in the morning and then went and blabbed to Laurie, who was (understandably) upset.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
Xavier is headed out of the silo Xavier was always going to leave the silo to try to find his wife, despite a brief tryst with Sinatra's therapist, Dr. Gabriela Torabi (Sarah Shahi), that wound up being meaningless from both a plot and character perspective.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 4 Mar. 2025
Verb
Jaclyn shockingly trysts with Valentin, and that's a problem
For several episodes, the married Jaclyn has prodded the single Laurie to hook up with Valentin.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
That's according to model Bianca Ghezzi, who recently trysted with the beleaguered Cleveland Browns quarterback at a luxury villa in Miami Beach.
—Greg Rajan, Esquire, 3 Mar. 2016
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“Tryst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tryst. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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tryst
1 of 2 noun
ˈtrist 
especially British ˈtrīst
: a meeting arranged especially by lovers
tryst
2 of 2 verb
: to make or keep a tryst
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