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
He no longer seemed tiresome to her, now that she knew he had been crossed in love, as clearly as appeared from his verses.
From Success and How He Won It by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
While he was ill his cousin came to see him, and thinking his illness was due to his being crossed in love, rallied him, saying, ‘Wfft! thou’rt sick because thy cariad has refused thee.’
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
The cook had been crossed in love, received notice to quit, or his art failed him: everything was below par.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
It's said that he was ance crossed in love in his younger days; but whether this be sae or no, I dinna ken.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 by Various
