à trois
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Take Kafka: in his novels and short stories he reveals himself to be obsessed with what, by now, we should see as a three-way stand-off, or ménage à trois, between man, technology and writing.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 23, 2010
Ethel Rossiter joined her father at the end of the table, and when Mrs. Billing also rose the conversation went on à trois.
From The High Heart by Basil King
Family life, they declare, is not irreconcilable with individualism; it is merely un égoïsme à trois.
From The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis
Or was it perhaps only a joke à deux, and not à trois?
From The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
Rather to Ann's surprise he consented, and, in spite of his assertion, earlier on, that he "preferred his own company," he seemed thoroughly to enjoy the little home-like dîner à trois.
From The Vision of Desire by Margaret Pedler
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