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 King, Basil
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 Pedler, Margaret
As the égoisme à deux is finer than an egoism of one, so this égoisme à trois, if you will, is again finer by its additional inclusiveness.
From The Romance of Zion Chapel [3d ed.] by Le Gallienne, Richard
"One must get out of the humiliating position in which one is placed; one can't live à trois."
From Anna Karenina by Garnett, Constance
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