Jilted is an English word with synonyms like rejected or spurned. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Jilted in a sentence
Jilted meaning
simple past and past participle of jilt
Using Jilted
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of jilt
- Useful related words include: rejected, spurned, unloved.
- In the example corpus, jilted often appears in combinations such as: jilted lover, jilted by, jilted ex.
Context around Jilted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Jilted
- In this selection, "jilted" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fans, recently, feeling, lover, husband and rob stand out and add context to how "jilted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit jilted however since and a jilted husband has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "jilted" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with jilted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Laxmi Agarwal, at the age of 15, was attacked by a jilted lover in 2005. (15 words)
He was fired in Cleveland, jilted the Jets and rode Brady’s coattails for 20 years. (16 words)
He had claimed that Altantuya was harassing and threatening him for money after he jilted her. (16 words)
After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”. (43 words)
Yet I do not stay huddled in my house, trapped in the past like Miss Havisham after getting jilted at the altar, if that tiger is in a cage at the zoo. (32 words)
A jilted husband has been jailed for three years for bashing his brother with a shovel after he discovered him having sex with his wife in the back of a car. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
After the charges of corruption were made against Moitra by Dubey, based on information he received from his contact, she called him out, and publicly stated that there was a motive since his informant held a grudge against her as a “jilted ex”.
A jilted lover threatened to burn his former partner’s house down and spray-painted abusive words on it after they split up, a court heard.
And then he left in 2010 for Miami, a move that left Cavs fans jilted for years—especially when he won two titles there.
Unlike some of the bigger storytelling nights, you won’t hear the same five stories in a row from recently jilted-in-love graduate students here.
A jilted husband has been jailed for three years for bashing his brother with a shovel after he discovered him having sex with his wife in the back of a car.
Gasps rippled through the room; some speculated that he might be a jilted lover of the bride.
That’s a warning to the Labour leadership not to take its wooing of the City so far that it leaves everyone else feeling jilted.
As he has moved on after being jilted by Kelly, she appeared to be back on the market.
He was fired in Cleveland, jilted the Jets and rode Brady’s coattails for 20 years.
Indianapolis Colts fans might feel a bit jilted, however, since Traeger is buddies with team owner Jim Irsay.
Jilted by her two-timing adulterous minister boyfriend, the Philly girl reluctantly joins a friend on a church trip to an Atlantic City casino.
Old men at the bar crack wise, one-time Clare Grogan grumps about the place in an Aran sweater … and of course Jen eventually melts the heart of jilted Rob.
Perhaps the first time we have had real insight that helps to explain his more erratic behaviour and significantly, it’s not slapped together by a jilted relative.
Playing a jilted-housewife-turned-standup in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, she’s won an Emmy, two Golden Globes and a whole heap of critical adulation.
While vacationing in Egypt, Poirot intervenes when a jilted woman harasses her former friend (Emily Blunt) and ex-boyfriend (JJ Feild), but their Nile River cruise turns deadly nonetheless.
Yet I do not stay huddled in my house, trapped in the past like Miss Havisham after getting jilted at the altar, if that tiger is in a cage at the zoo.
Laxmi Agarwal, at the age of 15, was attacked by a jilted lover in 2005.
She was jilted at this altar — St. Mary’s in real life, renamed St. Michaels and All Angels in the series.
He had claimed that Altantuya was harassing and threatening him for money after he jilted her.
He wrote Jilted John during a lunch break at college on an acoustic guitar that was lying around in the canteen.
Common combinations with jilted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- jilted lover 3×
- jilted by 3×
- jilted ex 2×
- by jilted 2×
- when jilted 2×
- jilted at 2×
- like jilted 2×