dalliance
noun
dal·li·ance
ˈda-lē-ən(t)s 
Examples of dalliance in a Sentence
an extremely serious scientist who is not much given to dalliance or idle chitchat
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Iris and Walter also had a dalliance at one point, but settled into a friendship — his deepest, we’re told.
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Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
Is the dalliance between Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, and Michelle Monaghan's trio of friends and some shady Russian dudes going to be a problem?
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Last week, protesters demonstrated outside hundreds of Tesla locations; Musk has long been erratic, but his dalliance with DOGE has alienated environmentally conscious liberals, a major demographic for electric vehicles.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
As the cycle proceeds toward the inevitable breakup—triggered, perhaps, by Lesbia’s dalliances during the year that Catullus was away working for Memmius—the poems of recrimination and spite, often eye-poppingly obscene, predominate.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
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Lindsey Bahr, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2025
Is the dalliance between Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, and Michelle Monaghan's trio of friends and some shady Russian dudes going to be a problem?
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Last week, protesters demonstrated outside hundreds of Tesla locations; Musk has long been erratic, but his dalliance with DOGE has alienated environmentally conscious liberals, a major demographic for electric vehicles.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 2 Apr. 2025
As the cycle proceeds toward the inevitable breakup—triggered, perhaps, by Lesbia’s dalliances during the year that Catullus was away working for Memmius—the poems of recrimination and spite, often eye-poppingly obscene, predominate.
—Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dalliance
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“Dalliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dalliance. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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dalliance
noun
dal·li·ance
ˈdal-ē-ən(t)s
1
: play entry 1 sense 2
especially
: the act of flirting
2
: action lacking in importance or seriousness
a short dalliance with politics
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