How to Use betray in a Sentence
betray
verb
- She is very loyal and would never betray a friend.
- She coughed, betraying her presence behind the door.
- She betrayed her own people by supporting the enemy.
- They betrayed their country by selling its secrets to other governments.
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If not Arnold van den Bergh, who did betray the Franks?
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Ruth Franklin,
The New York Review of Books,
11 May 2022
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His daughter grows up and falls for the son of the man the king thought his wife betrayed him for.
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Mike Deehan,
Axios,
12 July 2024
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But then, just on the back half of 2022, her back legs started to betray her.
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Globe Columnist,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Jan. 2023
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Would my smile, with its crooked teeth, betray me as just a kid?
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Emily Ziff Griffin,
The New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2021
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Six years into the war, Mr. Putin turned the chief mufti of Chechnya to betray the rebel cause.
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New York Times,
29 Mar. 2022
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So the gist of this story so far is that Ohtani’s close friend betrayed him.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2024
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To wear a mask, perhaps above all, is to betray the leader.
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Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2020
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At such moments, the sky would betray signs of pale blue behind the gray.
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Washington Post,
22 Jan. 2022
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Bernard warns her that one of her team will betray her, that one of them did not come back from the mission the same.
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Andrew Walsh,
EW.com,
1 Aug. 2022
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When things seem to start changing for the better, he is betrayed and escapes to the city.
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Marta Balaga,
Variety,
2 Aug. 2024
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But all that matters is that there be no change in the Fed’s stance, and there have been no numbers that have betrayed the Fed.
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Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2024
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All of those runs will go into the book as earned but Burnes has been betrayed by his defense.
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Jr Radcliffe,
Journal Sentinel,
30 Mar. 2023
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But, early in the third set, Alcaraz’s body betrayed him: his arm cramped, then his legs.
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Gerald Marzorati,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
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The villagers know they have been betrayed, not least by themselves.
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Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2024
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Above, a dark disk hangs where the Sun once was, a brilliant circle at its edges betraying hints of the Sun’s light.
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Science Near Me,
Discover Magazine,
29 June 2023
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But, otherwise, the Con betrayed little in the way of moral outrage.
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Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
17 Nov. 2023
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If the farms were failing, and Britain was likely to betray them to the Argentines, what was there left to stay for?
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Larissa MacFarquhar,
The New Yorker,
29 June 2020
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In the Vietnam war, Afghan Pathans would have been ideal troops but in wars fought against Moslems would have betrayed us.
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Matt Schoenfeldt,
National Review,
10 Dec. 2023
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This seems like the obvious play, that he will be betray her, and yet, that could backfire.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
17 Sep. 2021
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These reveries continue with each act — in ways that, at best, crowd the opera and, at worst, betray it.
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New York Times,
6 July 2021
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Perhaps Agatha will, again, betray the witches who trust her.
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Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
21 Sep. 2024
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Swift, who was very public in her dislike of Braun, felt betrayed.
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Holly Corbett,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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But March has not been kind to the Beavers, who are 6-7 in the month and have been betrayed by different things at different times.
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Joe Freeman,
oregonlive,
20 Mar. 2023
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Yet sadly, the United States has betrayed the common sense of the common good.
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Michael Kazin,
The New Republic,
8 Sep. 2023
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And then, in the pivotal moment, after the vote to leave the games has been lost and the rebellion has to proceed by force, betrays him.
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Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
27 Dec. 2024
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As a mainland Chinese scholar, Xiao was careful not to betray his views about the regime.
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Chang Che,
The New Yorker,
21 Dec. 2024
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