How to Use cheat on in a Sentence

cheat on

verb
  • Crooked Ken Paxton cheated on his wife.
    — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
  • More also cheat on their working wife or are found to be repulsive by their spouse.
    — Eric Magnuson, The Atlantic, 2 Mar. 2026
  • His ex-fiancée was cheating on him with his friend, which is what broke up their engagement.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
  • She gets cheated on, loses her apartment, and suddenly has nowhere to go.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 27 May 2026
  • Creators aren’t cheating on platforms.
    — Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
  • Floyd comes across as a purely kind soul, making his willingness to cheat on his wife seem out of character.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
  • And then there was the bronze medalist who used his newfound fame to apologize for cheating on his girlfriend.
    — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Married people could connect, cheat on their spouses and go home and resume their normal lives.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Yes, no one deserves to be cheated on, and Kyle could have been better about obeying the rules, but four years?
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • There have been rumors that Jackman cheated on Furness from the start.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 June 2026
  • The biathlete bronze medallist who broke down in tears and admitted to cheating on his (now ex-)girlfriend, in a gonzo bid to get her back?
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Nobody cheated on the other person.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 20 June 2026
  • Nobody cheated on the other person.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 19 June 2026
  • Nobody cheated on the other person.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 22 June 2026
  • Nobody cheated on the other person.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • Nobody cheated on the other person.
    — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 24 June 2026
  • These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.
    — Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Such a defense is often used in cases where a defendant acts in the heat of the moment, such as finding their spouse cheating on them.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
  • Yet some of his actions, like his spontaneous decision to cheat on his fiancée, come off as empty provocations.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Bree, having just figured out that Evan cheated on her with Lucy, is on a rampage.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Since then, my wife has been diagnosed with postpartum depression and has cheated on me multiple times.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The title character cheats on his girlfriend but is forgiven after staging a mock stabbing.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Even more worrisome than cheating on homework is the decline in students’ ability to think for themselves.
    — Liz Shulman, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Being cheated on or in an abusive relationship can leave a deep imprint on one’s psyche and lead to an ex appearing in dreams.
    — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Fiegen accused Cooper of cheating on her despite the pair being in a four-year relationship.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • In a brief phone call, his mother, Mary Ooley, denied that her son was cheating on his wife and said his wife was not taking phone calls.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Al, who suspected Lisa of cheating on him, confirmed his suspicion by going through her cellphone records.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 15 May 2026
  • Coaches can cheat on their wives with NFL insiders, players can beat their wives and girlfriends, and teams will still keep them around.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Bill Gates admitted to cheating on his wife, Melinda French Gates, while they were married.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Anything less and Iran will likely cheat on its commitments and reconstitute a breakout pathway.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026

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