star-crossed
Example Sentences
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Yet each dancer performs like they have been acting out this story of star-crossed lovers for decades.
From Seattle Times
Probably as a pair of star-crossed Hollywood lovers, achingly gorgeous, forever etched by their star turns, respectively, in “Gone with the Wind” and “Wuthering Heights.”
From Washington Post
But that would take longer — just as it later did for the United States’ own star-crossed intervention in Afghanistan.
From Washington Post
Chambers fronted Hester and Red Squirrel, specializing in soft-focus songs about star-crossed lovers, like Nick Drake but with lots of water imagery.
From New York Times
But Brisker is worth a note as his grandfather is one of the more star-crossed athletes in Seattle history.
From Seattle Times
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