jilt
verb (used with object)
to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
had jilted
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past perfectof jilt.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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When Mitropoulos returned to Boston in January 1937, he added a date with the Minneapolis Symphony, now the Minnesota Orchestra, which Ormandy had jilted for Philadelphia the year before.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
The acquaintance put her together with another player whose partner had jilted her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2021
Married the year that his coming-of-age netted him an inheritance of some $10 million, she was to have been bridesmaid at his wedding to another girl, who had jilted him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arrested, she admitted that she only wanted to embarrass a man who had jilted her.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Greece he could forget about my mother, who had jilted him, and he could escape comparison with my father, who made so much more money.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
