betray

Example Sentences

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They have a long history of being persecuted and betrayed.

From BBC

Maybe I’m betraying my hopeless rationalism, but if I learned of the reality of time travel and “aerial spirits,” I’d be a little more preoccupied by it than Iris seems to be.

From The Wall Street Journal

Her eyes dart up and down in a manner that betrays rote memorization, not scholarship.

From The Wall Street Journal

As the woman talked, I could feel my eyes burning with tears, which I forced to stay behind my eyes and not betray me by running down my cheeks.

From Literature

“How dare you betray me in this way?”

From Literature