dalliance
Use Dalliance in a sentence
i noun
1.
a trifling away of time; dawdling.
2.
amorous toying; flirtation.
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| —n | |
| 1. | waste of time in frivolous action or in dawdling |
| 2. | an archaic word for flirtation |
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Dalliance
is always a great word to know.
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Example sentences
Even on the eve of his wedding day, he insists on having an extra-curricular dalliance.
Then things begin happening fast, as though to make up for the time lost in dalliance.
After a brief dalliance with the broken meter, he threw the switch.
It is a saga filled with intrigues of the court and her husband's dalliance.
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