jilt

Trying to remain friends ruined Jack’s marriage and made Alice jilt another man at the altar.

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

It has shown that even royals such as Oklahoma and Notre Dame, haughty sorts unaccustomed to the jilt, can get the jilt.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2021

Every time you are tempted to respond, look at your fiancé—the one who didn’t jilt you and lie to you.

From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2019

Amos was raised in Maryland, a Led Zeppelin-loving daughter of a minister, and self-taught pianist who would jilt both church and conservatoire to forge her own sound in the 90s: wildly original, taboo-busting piano pop.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2017

For did base Men within my Power fall, T' avenge my injur'd Sex, I'd jilt 'em all.

From The Perjur'd Husband by Susanna Centlivre

Then she watches as he jilts her for Julie Andrews’s Maria, a 19-year-old wannabe nun who runs around wearing drapes.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020

In “Queen,” the female lead takes a European “honeymoon” by herself after her fiance jilts her.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2017

The film stars Jill Clayburgh as a thirtysomething gallerist, wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when her stockbroker husband jilts her for a younger woman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2014

San Diego State jilts Big East, staying in Mountain West San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West and backing out on the Big East — just like Boise State did last month.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2013

No man ever jilts a woman, and broken engagements are almost unknown.

From The Etiquette of Engagement and Marriage Describing Modern Manners and Customs of Courtship and Marriage, and giving Full Details regarding the Wedding Ceremony and Arrangements by G. R. M. Devereux

Well-wishers held out their flowers like jilted lovers.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

North Carolina, where the Ammels lived, is one of just a handful of states with a “homewrecker law” that allows a jilted spouse to sue a third party for damages for a marital breakup.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Playing a jilted wife whose disdain for her husband swells as the film progresses, "Contempt" was one of Bardot's rare critically acclaimed films, with The New York Times praising it as her best acting performance.

From Barron's ● Dec. 28, 2025

The final segment is a full circle of sorts: with Jatgeir dead, Eline returns to her jilted husband.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

I looked at Rosaleen, afraid this situation of jilted love might be unfortunate enough to send May into one of her episodes, but she was intent on my pancake.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd

They make a likable pair as they set out to solve the mystery of a jilting.

From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2022

This is just the latest jilting in a sports market full of stakeholders shunning longtime alliances.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2022

The Raiders are jilting us, abandoning their loyal fan base.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2019

Killebrew and Allison took the Twins to the World Series in 1965, while Senators 2.0 had one winning season before again jilting the city and moving to Texas in 1972.

From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2018

That is jilting by inches, and as regards faithfulness a pledged woman is more difficult to win away than a pledged man.

From The Intelligence of Woman by Walter Lionel George