jilted

Example Sentences

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Jilted girlfriends would become a theme in Doyle’s life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Jilted women ghosted by Tokuhara would have had the same motive, attorney David Hayakawa said, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Jilted Jamie Simmonds, 29, left a trail of cheese crumbs when he stole a block of Red Leicester from the Cardiff home.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2018

Jilted partners welcoming another city’s former mate is part of the NFL.

From Washington Times • Jan. 13, 2016

Jilted her, you know—threw her over at the eleventh hour and married a chorus girl who had nothing to bless herself with but a pretty face and a long line of lodging-house ancestry.

From Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories by Hanshew, Thomas W.