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
Anne d'Autriche, too, left Compiègne practically a prisoner; another ménage à trois had been broken up.
From Royal Palaces and Parks of France by McManus, Blanche
It would be too trying, too really intolerable to have outsiders interfere and break up their delightful solitude à trois, their delightful intercourse!
From Deadham Hard by Malet, Lucas
Or was it perhaps only a joke à deux, and not à trois?
From The Rocks of Valpre by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)
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 King, Basil
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