menage a trois

Example Sentences

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But Carin’s presence throughout his subsequent marriage to the actress Emmy Sonnemann seemed to border on a menage a trois.

From Washington Post

He’d drifted toward booze and weed, forming a ménage à trois with his dyed-hair girlfriend, Cleo, and his aspiring dancer boyfriend, Paul.

From New York Times

Then he struck arms deals worth $24 billion with the UAE as part of an obscene military and commercial ménage à trois between the U.S., the UAE and Israel, which he absurdly tried to pass off as a peace agreement.

From Salon

She’s smoky and flirtatious in “Sugga,” comically desperate in “Amor Salvaje,” sinuous in “Llamame,” brazenly confident in “Business Woman” and breathily hypnotic in “Trio,” which proposes a ménage à trois.

From New York Times

At the center of the story is a ménage à trois: Natasha and Alain’s relationship is interrupted by her pragmatic decision to marry the president of Haiti, who is a fan of her artwork.

From Los Angeles Times