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

As of Lincoln Riley leaving Oklahoma for Southern California and Brian Kelly leaving Notre Dame for LSU, the jilt doesn’t care who you are anymore.

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

Amos was raised in Maryland, a Led Zeppelin-loving daughter of a minister, and self-taught pianist who would jilt both church and conservatoire to forge her own sound in the 90s: wildly original, taboo-busting piano pop.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2017

I'll promise to give it back if ever I want to jilt you.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend