jilt
verb (used with object)
to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
had been jilting
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past perfect progressiveof jilt.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Here he had been jilting Miss Hampton way up in Indiany, and running away with another girl down here in Tennessee.
From Danny's Own Story by Don Marquis
