star-crossed
Example Sentences
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Many popular storylines include star-crossed lovers, suicides and the pursuit of revenge.
From Seattle Times
Psychotic killer and star-crossed lover have just become one and the same.
From New York Times
This Oscar-winning historical romance, a dramatization of Boris Pasternak’s 1957 classic but controversial novel of the same name, follows a decades-long, star-crossed love affair set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.
From New York Times
The same cannot be said of the longest story, “The Birdkeeper’s Moral,” in which half a century of Turkish history is seen through the lens of a star-crossed romance.
From New York Times
Few of these kings and queens are embroidered into fables focusing on the star-crossed nature of their love, ignoring actual matters of governance whose effects impact reality even now.
From Salon
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