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
The jilt is when a coach ups and leaves one college program for another college program, normally in an ascent of status and sometimes wreaking hurt feelings.
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
Mainly they grasp the fact that he’s going to jilt Adeline, just as he jilted the American girl.
From The Sea Lady by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Vocabulary lists containing jilt
A Doll's House
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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