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
It is rare to find in popular songs the idea of the convent as a refuge for maidens crossed in love; but some pretty poems have this theme.
From Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 by Power, Eileen
And if he don't, ten to one but it may break my heart! for that often happens when one's crossed in love.
From The Wanderer (Volume 3 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Burney, Fanny
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
She went one day so far as to hint whether I was not crossed in love?
From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James
