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)
Rumour assigned various causes for his lonely life, as that he had been crossed in love; that he had been betrayed by a friend; that he had sold himself to the devil.
From The MS. in a Red Box by Hamilton, John Arthur
A cat dying of anxiety may fairly be bracketted off with the broken-hearted oyster crossed in love.
From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward)
Repeatedly have I been crossed in love, and tramped up and down Cheapside and Fleet Street, a blighted being.
From Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)
