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.
• If not Arnold van den Bergh, who did betray the Franks?
  — Ruth Franklin, The New York Review of Books, 11 May 2022
• His daughter grows up and falls for the son of the man the king thought his wife betrayed him for.
  — Mike Deehan, Axios, 12 July 2024
• But then, just on the back half of 2022, her back legs started to betray her.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
• Would my smile, with its crooked teeth, betray me as just a kid?
  — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
• Six years into the war, Mr. Putin turned the chief mufti of Chechnya to betray the rebel cause.
  — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• So the gist of this story so far is that Ohtani’s close friend betrayed him.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
• At such moments, the sky would betray signs of pale blue behind the gray.
  — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
• Bernard warns her that one of her team will betray her, that one of them did not come back from the mission the same.
  — Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2022
• When things seem to start changing for the better, he is betrayed and escapes to the city.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
• 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.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2024
• All of those runs will go into the book as earned but Burnes has been betrayed by his defense.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• But, early in the third set, Alcaraz’s body betrayed him: his arm cramped, then his legs.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 12 June 2023
• The villagers know they have been betrayed, not least by themselves.
  — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
• Above, a dark disk hangs where the Sun once was, a brilliant circle at its edges betraying hints of the Sun’s light.
  — Science Near Me, Discover Magazine, 29 June 2023
• But, otherwise, the Con betrayed little in the way of moral outrage.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• In the Vietnam war, Afghan Pathans would have been ideal troops but in wars fought against Moslems would have betrayed us.
  — Matt Schoenfeldt, National Review, 10 Dec. 2023
• This seems like the obvious play, that he will be betray her, and yet, that could backfire.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2021
• Perhaps Agatha will, again, betray the witches who trust her.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 21 Sep. 2024
• 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.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2023
• Yet sadly, the United States has betrayed the common sense of the common good.
  — Michael Kazin, The New Republic, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yet the fate of universality resides not in the hands of those who betray it.
  — Agnès Callamard, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2024
• Rich rejects the quiet life, betrays More and is rewarded with a post in Wales.
  — David Streitfeld, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2023
• But Arthur is betrayed when his queen, Guenevere, falls in love with his lead knight, Lancelot.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
• That all of this is happening in full sight of the world makes many Palestinians in Gaza feel alone—even betrayed.
  — Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• Knull created the symbiotes, who then betrayed him by trapping him in the center of their homeworld.
  — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
• Feeling betrayed, Edgar assumes a new identity as a beggar and goes no-contact with his family.
  — Jeanette Tran, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024