jilt
Example Sentences
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Trying to remain friends ruined Jack’s marriage and made Alice jilt another man at the altar.
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2024
The jilt is as much a part of college football life as the tailgate gluten, the harebrained booster or the targeting call under review.
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
“I do not think it right that you should jilt an honourable man like Edward Morgan,” he said.
From Imprudence by Young, F.E. Mills
Vocabulary lists containing jilt
A Doll's House
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The Secret Life of Bees
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
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