jilt

Trying to remain friends ruined Jack’s marriage and made Alice jilt another man at the altar.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

The jilt can stoke resentment, spark identity crises.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

Every time you are tempted to respond, look at your fiancé—the one who didn’t jilt you and lie to you.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2019

It was a hell of a way to snatch a late equaliser, set a wonderful record and convince José Mourinho he could finally jilt an over-the-hill hero.

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2017

Why should he jilt the woman,—make a stir?

From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George

Then she watches as he jilts her for Julie Andrews’s Maria, a 19-year-old wannabe nun who runs around wearing drapes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

In “Queen,” the female lead takes a European “honeymoon” by herself after her fiance jilts her.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

The film stars Jill Clayburgh as a thirtysomething gallerist, wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when her stockbroker husband jilts her for a younger woman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2014

San Diego State jilts Big East, staying in Mountain West San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West and backing out on the Big East — just like Boise State did last month.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2013

"And he most certainly is not the man to marry a girl who jilts another man because he happens to be poor."

From A Woman's Burden by Fergus Hume

Saturday’s must-see spectacle is LSU’s trip to Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin, the most hated coach in college football, will return to the program he jilted last season and try to silence 64,000 bloodthirsty fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Playing a jilted wife whose disdain for her husband swells as the film progresses, "Contempt" was one of Bardot's rare critically acclaimed films, with The New York Times praising it as her best acting performance.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

Twice jilted, Rangers are putting out the notion that they might still get back together sometime in the future.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025

The final segment is a full circle of sorts: with Jatgeir dead, Eline returns to her jilted husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

In Greece he could forget about my mother, who had jilted him, and he could escape comparison with my father, who made so much more money.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Raiders are jilting us, abandoning their loyal fan base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2019

Killebrew and Allison took the Twins to the World Series in 1965, while Senators 2.0 had one winning season before again jilting the city and moving to Texas in 1972.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018

Frank says there was no hesitation about jilting Evans for Kerouac, but informing his mentor that he was forsaking him for Kerouac ‘‘was a difficult moment.’’

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2015

Even Joe left a year early, jilting Snyder.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2013

It was only natural that he should feel a certain resentment of her jilting of one of his cousins, even though she had done it in favor of another and more important one.

From A Manifest Destiny by Julia Magruder