jilt

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024

Two guys who felt like bedrock had moved stunningly, giving everyone a chance to join in the grand tradition of the jilt.

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

You don’t jilt a woman who can spin in midair while wearing the equivalent of an ermine-trimmed housecoat.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2016

Oh, women! hate me, laugh at me, jilt me—but let me live!

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich