dalliance

Example Sentences

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Affairs, dalliances and general sexcapades are hallmarks of soap operas, so “White Girl in Danger” follows suit with kooky seduction scenes, surprising bedfellows and sprays of bodily fluid.

From New York Times

Then there was his dalliance with social media as this was developing.

From BBC

Rep. John Jenrette, a colorful politician who was convicted in the Abscam bribery scandal in the late 1970s and whose wife talked to Playboy about an in-session dalliance on the U.S.

From Seattle Times

From there, she jumped back to “Fearless,” her second album, and the first one made with an understanding that her relationship with country music might only be a dalliance.

From New York Times

It had wound through a cross-country relocation, pointers from LeBron James, dalliances with major conference schools, personal tragedy and physical hardship.

From Washington Post