jilt

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

From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024

Hernandez, stunning his family, decided to jilt U-Conn. and his home state altogether not long after, to play football at the University of Florida, where Coach Urban Meyer had built a powerhouse program.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2020

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

You don’t jilt a woman who can spin in midair while wearing the equivalent of an ermine-trimmed housecoat.

From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2016

I might jilt her, of course, but that would be cutting off my own nose to spite my friend's face; and so—I didn't!

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by May Agnes Fleming

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

It seemed to her that everything was smote in jilts of unpredictable existence, and love itself was no guarantee of anything.

From Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America by Steven (Steven David Justin) Sills

Saturday’s must-see spectacle is LSU’s trip to Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin, the most hated coach in college football, will return to the program he jilted last season and try to silence 64,000 bloodthirsty fans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Well-wishers held out their flowers like jilted lovers.

From BBC ● May 14, 2026

In 2018, a judge awarded a jilted husband almost $9 million, after he alleged that another man lured his wife away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

They also included twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the founders of crypto platform Gemini, who were made famous as jilted investors in the movie "The Social Network" about the birth of Facebook.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

Throughout his career, if he felt like taking a day off, he’d just pack up and go, leaving his exasperated agent and jilted trainers hunting for him.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

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

Frank says there was no hesitation about jilting Evans for Kerouac, but informing his mentor that he was forsaking him for Kerouac ‘‘was a difficult moment.’’

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2015

Even Joe left a year early, jilting Snyder.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2013

As to the first, the idea of anyone jilting Sir Allan Beaumerville, even before his coming into the baronetcy, found no favor in the feminine world.

From The New Tenant by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim