crossed in love
Example Sentences
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Isolated by the pique and indifference of the other royals, neglected, crossed in love and bested by Mrs Parker Bowles, she found “affinity”, she said, with the rejected.
From The Guardian • Aug. 26, 2017
The oyster when crossed in love, it will be remembered, is thus again made mock of and its feelings derided.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
To be crossed in love is proper to every poet, and if his wife might have been justly annoyed when in 1382—at least sixteen years after his marriage—he wrote ...
From Chaucer and His Times by Hadow, Grace E.
With the reckless air of one crossed in love, she strode forth into the darkness—taking no heed of the direction.
From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne
“He was crossed in love when he was green.”
From Dutch the Diver A Man's Mistake by Fenn, George Manville
