How To Use Betray In A Sentence

Like a lot of boys born in Ireland circa 1979 and 1980, my brother too bears a name that betrays his vintage.
But emotional ferment still seething from his betrayed boyhood keeps his body churning with unruly symptoms. Times, Sunday Times
She managed to speak without betraying her nervousness.
The feeling of betrayal goes far deeper. Times, Sunday Times
They went into hiding in Katlijk, but where betrayed and fusilladed by the German oppressor.

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Theirs is a consummately selfish act, no less than a low-life betrayal of civilization.
And, finally, pratfalls are a universal language, and Moliere never betrayed his debt to the Italian tradition of commedia dell'arte.
And then the flesh, as it is the greatest retardment in good, it is the greatest incitement to evil, it is a bosom enemy, that betrays us to Satan, it is near us and connatural to us. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning
If cryonic preservation does indeed signal betrayal, it does so while asking much from those who would be betrayed. Times, Sunday Times
Our legal system is fundamentally an adversary system - and this solution would betray its very nature.
The panicky reaction of players at the US Open betrayed their lack of resilience in the face of adversity.
But privilege came with risk and promises were betrayed. Times, Sunday Times
Blackwater, however, argued that the men were betrayed by the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps and targeted in a well-planned ambush. Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Blaming Blackwater For Grisly Deaths
Despite his eventual betrayal of me-for which I have forgiven him-Hu was a superb implementer and an outstanding public servant.
There are others who believe they were betrayed by an organization of cheap confidence tricksters and want to tell the world about it.
Many script kiddies are quickly caught, often because they boast of their hacking exploits or are betrayed by their internet names.
He would certainly be made use of by the officers for the purpose of identifying the companions whom he had betrayed; and I had the best reasons in the world to believe that he would rather assist in the taking of me than in the capture of all the rest of the coining gang put together -- the doctor himself not excepted. A Rogue's Life
Japan has been praised for its stoicism in the face of a national disaster, but have its leaders and their ideals betrayed the people? Times, Sunday Times
Lovers quarrel when one party in the relationship has committed an act of betrayal. Christianity Today
It's a betrayal of promises on a grand scale, and all the worse for being a betrayal of the poorest people in the world.
His investigation reveals a twisted labyrinth of deception and betrayal, with remorseless vixen Kitty Collins at the center.
I could never forgive Mike for betraying a confidence.
This data shows we're betraying them. The Sun
Her bonnet wasn't big enough to hide her face, and she feared he might think the joy it betrayed unmaidenly.
His accent betrayed the fact that he was foreign.
Perhaps it felt betrayed that one from its midst could adopt such views. Times, Sunday Times
They have had the pleasure of discovering that no one was betraying them after all. Times, Sunday Times
Like most dandies, his predilection for high-style fashion and cosmetic beauty betrays a likeness to his female counterparts.
She cannot enter one world without betraying the other; she feels she belongs nowhere. Times, Sunday Times
They needed a servant to replace that girl Jane who had betrayed her trust.
For he took a genuine interest in his pupils; and, in that first year of his teaching, carried his class to surprising lengths, nor let them betray any evidences of unthoroughness when they went trembling up to the examinations provided by the great Anton himself, in the mid-year term. The Genius
What offends me violently is when a character is represented as a Good and Upright and Virtuous Hero, when almost his every act betrays him as a villain of the most heinous kind. Death carries a camcorder
When you ask (rhetorically) whether an ignorant person can have a deep insight, I think you betray your attitude.
Others feel betrayed as mergers are seen to undermine disciplinary integrity.
This talk betrays a certain cynicism about free trade.
Lew Wallace's book Ben-Hur tells the story of a Jewish aristocrat betrayed by his best friend and condemned to serve as a galley slave in the Roman navy.
As her other children - Ben, nine, and Kylie, six - played outside, only a chesty cough betrayed their mum's desperate struggle.
Perhaps it would be a little shore crab that betrayed itself by scuffling down amongst the corallite or sea-weed, perhaps a little fierce-looking bristly fish, which shot under a ledge of the rock all amongst the limpets, acorn barnacles, or the thousands of yellow and brown and striped snaily fellows that crawled about in company with the periwinkles and pelican's feet. Devon Boys A Tale of the North Shore
She suddenly felt that even in knowing James, and in befriending him, that she was betraying Khalid's memory.
Your attitude and demeanor can betray how you feel as clearly as inattentive service.
There's betrayal, murder, raucous feasts, flamenco dancing and the occasional talking tree.
He placed his right hand over his heart and said in a clear and forceful voice, "I, Elslow Kent Hampton, give you my loyalty and vow on this day nare to betray you. Gentle Warrior
To have my name traduced in public; in inns, among the meanest vulgar! to have any little favours that my unguarded heart may have too lightly betrayed me to grant, boasted of there! nay, even to hear that you had been forced to fly from my love! History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
While it is almost inevitable that a biographer will either be a hagiographer or a betrayer, his betrayals are, actually, of a special order.
Just at the moment Spartacus expects to embark his army and followers aboard the Silesian ships, news of betrayal and of Roman armies converging on his position causes Spartacus to radically revise his plans.
The speed with which his confidence has collapsed betrays the pressure under which he puts himself. Times, Sunday Times
No trace, only my cigarette smoke, hovering like a wraith, betrayed my presence by leaving the shadow of its scent as it passed through drab walls.
Inarus, the author of the revolt, was betrayed, and perished on the cross, and the whole of Egypt once more succumbed to the Persian yoke, save only that portion called the marshy or fenny parts (under the dominion of a prince named Amyrtaeus), protected by the nature of the soil and the proverbial valour of the inhabitants. Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
Is it possible that Dmytryk "postdated" the meetings to make more credible his tale of commitment and betrayal by the Communist Party that he had already repudiated? Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
The betrayal of outlaws by informers was a common historical fact.
I notice his erect bearing, his poker face, only his moving cheek muscles betray that this man is under great tension.
She betrayed her talent.
month by month, the betrayal gnawed at his heart
Investigators and prosecutors must be seen to attack with full force the betrayers of the public trust who are aligned with the gangsters, racketeers and terrorists keeping this country under siege.
This gentle and friendly being with the grateful soft voice and grateful soft eyes had betrayed -- _betrayed_ him! The Lost Prince
When does safeguarding one's own position become a betrayal of the larger principles one lives for?
Estrada has been charged with bribery, corruption, violating the constitution and betraying the public trust.
We should not confound uncharity with a sort of natural repugnance and antipathy, instinctive to some natures, betraying a weakness of character, if you will, but hardly what one could call a clearly defined fault. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals
So we have an ablauting -es -os suffix which would betray an unaccented schwa *a. Here's what happened to me
They also praised Ryan's "terrific" performance and concluded that the film is "a nuttily engaging tale of betrayal and, perhaps, redemption.
Though she primmed her mouth at him, a dimple betrayed her.
The Coens unashamedly celebrate and aggrandize American culture and sense of place, using it to enhance stories that convey and explore love, betrayal and ambition.
He decides to live the lie and joins the gang - until one of his new buddies betrays him. The Sun
They had betrayed his trust by falling into sin but had been redeemed by the divine mission of Jesus.
While desperation was clear on their faces, his visage betrayed nothing.
‘Tell me we're not going where I think we're going,’ Dead-Eye asked, his voice betraying only mild interest.
He became increasingly paranoid that one of his staff would betray him - deliver him alive to the enemy - so much so that he tested the poison on his dog.
To truncate the name Sholem Aleichem to Aleichem, as if it were his last name, betrays a deep misunderstanding, if not ignorance, of the meaning and nuances of Sholem Aleichem's pen name. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 1
Told in alternating narratives (with a helpful opening guide to how many different names both women are known by), Bunny ("Faith") Crumpacker tells the story of an unhappy marriage followed by betrayal, a pregnancy of uncertain paternity and the near-numb yet single-minded decision to give up her baby. Nancy Doyle Palmer: Jessica Lost: Adoption and Identity in Modern Times
It is this apparent sameness that lies at the root of the sorrow, the inconsolability, of the living, who want the world to bear its sorrows physically, to betray the signs of an existence that will never again be the same.
The generous outreach to Sunnis is widely viewed as a profound betrayal by Bahrain's rulers and feeds Shiite perceptions of second-class status and being under siege from what they call a "mercenary" security force. The Seattle Times
Amid the discomforts of his passage the author reflects on or trawls his past, his sorrows and betrayals, his experience as a wartime evacuee.
Don't we have the right, even duty, to be outraged if they betray our trust and their own sworn oaths?
The headmistress was a tall gray-haired woman with a slight stoop that betrayed her age. Pendragon Before the War
Genius often betrays itself into great errors.
Love, sex, duplicity, betrayal - the abiding themes of literature are all there, along with the fascinating twist that it's all going on under the watchful eye of the public.
Betrayal is common for men with no conscience. Toba Beta
There are hit men, murderers, philanderers, thieves, betrayers, and other assorted riff-raff.
Another betrays his own falsities and evasions while making a phone call in traffic. Times, Sunday Times
For some, there was a lingering feeling of betrayal. Times, Sunday Times
He wore a lumberjacket and had a forehead that betrayed a wonderful sense of humor.
Worst of all, the men of the community gossip that she sleeps with white men, an allegation that stimulates discussion of issues of miscegenation, integration, and racial betrayal.
She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her.
When A. came to take in her liquor, she found her tub empty, and from the cow's staggering and staring, so as to betray her intemperance, she easily divined the mode in which her 'browst' had disappeared. Waverley — Volume 1
It is to his credit that he manages to elicit our sympathy without ever betraying the character's maddening interiority.
Step 6: Thank the lord for sex, drugs and rock'n roll: Reagan and company may have hated the 1960s youth rebellion, but they sure glommed on to a key feature of it: People wanted to be liberated from society's constraints and from a government that was betraying our nation's ideals. Les Leopold: How to Earn $900,000 an Hour While Unemployment Soars
Your girlfriend has been doubly betrayed by the two people she thinks she can best trust and rely on. The Sun
At least now they can throw their weight behind the hosts without feeling like they are betraying one of their own. Times, Sunday Times
Again, I'm prepared to be wrong about this, but I don't see cashiering McChrystal happening, given that the depiction of the "rift" here amounts to some personal slights, some unguarded drunk-talk among aides, and McChrystal's sincere belief that Karl Eikenberry's criticisms felt like a "betrayal" from a friend. Stanley McChrystal Under Fire: What Does It Mean For Counterinsurgency Strategy?
A counterargument would stress that the greatest learning is derived from the inimitable, silence betrays cowardice, disaffiliation and indie culture give the lie to the unavoidability of affiliation, the literary field exists in many sites other than the academy, self-victimization is the reigning philosophy, program writers are more self-commodifying than the disaffiliated, the system purges internal feedback from dissenters, and the end of excellence is well in sight. Anis Shivani: Can Writing Be Taught? The Systems-Theory Rationalizations Of An Insider
Expediting his demise is his brother who betrays Stopmouth. The Inferior-Peadar O Guilin « The Merry Genre Go Round Reviews
A cynic is someone who once trusted and believe and was hurt, betrayed and traumatized. Mark Goulston, M.D.: Electorate 2010 -- "Cynics 'R' Us"
Against such a background of general connivance and betrayal, the few - very few - acts of genuine resistance stand out.
Chris' expression betrayed naught but the purest innocence.
But what begins as manipulative flirtation soon turns into a dangerous and erotic game of passion, power and betrayal.
This movement for cultural relativism within Western society betrays the basic values on which our open society is constructed. Times, Sunday Times
None of those who did know her would even consider betraying that information.
And let me take this moment to apologize for my Republican leadership betraying the party principles and leaving us in this dungheap. Results For Today's Contests
But betray too eager curiosity she would not. Anne of Green Gables
It may, perhaps, be a question, whether the art which he used to conceal his passion, or the means which honest nature employed to reveal it, betrayed him most: for while art made him more than ever reserved to Sophia, and forbad him to address any of his discourse to her, nay, to avoid meeting her eyes, with the utmost caution; nature was no less busy in counterplotting him. VI. By Comparing Which with the Former, the Reader May Possibly Correct Some Abuse Which He Hath Formerly Been Guilty of in the Application of the Word Love. Book V
His actions betray little sense of regret. Times, Sunday Times
Suppose I harm a friend by betraying a confidence. Times, Sunday Times
By accepting, untested, a story which relied on other people's investigation instead of our own, we had betrayed the very standards which had, at that time, made the paper a byword for integrity.
That this result has been a shock betrays the chasm between the top two divisions.
That betrays both their confidence in getting away with it and the fact they don't see dole fraud as especially wrong or shameful. The Sun
They have had the pleasure of discovering that no one was betraying them after all. Times, Sunday Times
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
Whether a doctor withholds material information or simply ignores a lack of consent, she betrays the patient's trust and thereby undermines his autonomy.
While you’re at it, ask the misfit, the prisoner, or even the naughty child to explain why Judas—already identified as the betrayer of Christ—was also given the bread and wine, the body and blood, the nourishment and the promise? Beginner’s Grace
Not having a cigarette when you've promised yourself one leaves your body feeling orphaned and betrayed.
The pulsating vein that was throbbing on my temple may have betrayed my initial intention though.
Sitting almost upright on one of its floats, only the severe damage to the front end, where its 14-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine was partially torn away on impact, betrays the violence that saw this aircraft downed.
And the fear in the heart with obtained after the betrayal.
If I was heir to the throne, they couldn't possibly consciously betray me to the enemy.
But like lefties everywhere, clinging to whatever jetsam keeps us afloat, I believe every revolution ere now was betrayed.
Obviously, when journalists betray their code of ethics by making up stories, or egregious misconduct, they must be punished.
And the report found the secretive nature of the migration policy-making has left voters feeling betrayed and hostile towards politicians. The Sun
The reverse also holds, that failure to live morally betrays and invalidates religious devotion unless there is genuine penitence.
Gradually, as a summer of physical hardship and anxiety and Stalinist betrayals gives way to the wholesale fight for survival, her language is pared down, as is her focus.
Just think of all of us who have been disappointed - let down - betrayed! Times, Sunday Times
The priestess, whose clear-cut features and two lovely black eyes betrayed a mixture of Semitic blood, was examining the 'turnip' -- as she called the watch -- when Leonora, saying 'Mum's the word,' rather violently called my attention (with her elbow) to a strange parcel lying apart from the rest. He
The ward bosses' unanticipated about-face was not motivated by conversion but cunning and deceit that cynically betrayed public trust.
It was, from another angle, a politic scheme, that Samuel might be betrayed into a countenancing of his design in reserving the cattle for sacrificing. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
However, sources close to him say they believe the government alleged that he was betraying details of planned NATO airstrikes to the opposition leadership.
I saw it as a betrayal of trust. The Sun
I do believe this bloody business betrays the involvement of our old friend Professor Lionel Atwill.
Their central theme is that he betrayed his band of brothers and cast aspersions on every battle-hardened American soldier.
Now, faced with a deficit of historic proportions, to whitter on about low taxes is a betrayal of the mose fundamental of conservative values - our commitment to the national interest. Conservatives at Manchester: heresy #2
And Scott, he was like friends with my bro for 7 years, and he betrayed him by lying about something really big.
The same sentiment guarded him from betraying himself.
For his admirers that clear vision was reflected in his unbending refusal to consider ‘a betrayal of the great principle for which we have been fighting for the last 30 or 40 years.’
The charges include bribery, corruption, violation of the Constitution and betrayal of public trust.
She was determined to avenge herself on the man who had betrayed her.
Radical socialists have seen this as "betrayal" but they have always lacked a credible political alternative to it. After Thatcher
Such a metaphor betrays a complete lack of understanding, of empathy with Victorian culture.
There is no question of betrayal, of treachery. Times, Sunday Times
Complications kick in, and previously contained feelings of jealousy, betrayal, insecurity and possessiveness threaten to overwhelm what had seemed a rather civilised arrangement.
You see all the illegals commenting here that you should be not so foolish as to stand on principles of Justice; and so then you should betray America with them and join in their perpetration of crimes against humanity, and support their treason, sedition, and insubordination of civil patriotism in the Constitution of the U.S. Sheesh, Jack, you're so stupid to uphold the law. Spook spotlight (Jack Bog's Blog)
It was stunning in its betrayal of good, reliable allies who had unfalteringly stood by us. Post-American Presidency
As they have never studied seriously, their unskilfulness betrays them at every turn.
I have love love loved addictive Lip Venom, and Nordie’s for years and I am bleedin dismayed that they have betrayed me and crossed over to the Crap Side. 'Twilight'-inspired fashion hits Nordstrom | EW.com
When you leave, Firman may feel betrayed, but you steel yourself against the re morse.
Rare in contemporary literary criticism is the scholar who betrays a love for literature. Christianity Today
Charles was equally determined to confront the men who had so recently betrayed him.
Satan's bride was washed back from the sea to tempt the men of the land, to betray them.
When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word.
But some investors do not need or want advice, and this dirty backroom deal is a betrayal. Times, Sunday Times
My book should smell of pines, and resound with the hum of insects," might have been its motto, so sweet and wholesome was it with a springlike sort of freshness which plainly betrayed that the author had learned some of Nature's deepest secrets and possessed the skill to tell them in tuneful words. Rose in Bloom
If real life told me I had been betrayed, I would prefer never to have loved.
In his case it could have been as innocent as a five-year-old friend betraying him after a playground fight. Times, Sunday Times
Their thoughts betrayed their lustful desires.
The young, intelligent people feel a great sense of betrayal, even those who at first believed in all this.
This is a betrayal of what used to be called internationalism.
His sons perceived the whole scenario as a great betrayal. Positive Parent Power
But he felt a renewed sense of betrayal when Bonington climbed the north face of the Eiger without him.
How would it feel to be betrayed by your friends? The Sun
Daniel Hertzberg for The Wall Street Journal Colson Whitehead The rollicking gusto of some of the writing, with its overheated adjectives and over-the-top images, is hard to resist: It was the passionless, death's-head skull of a long-dead corpse, instinct with hellish life; and the glazed eyes swollen and bulbous betrayed the thing's blindness. Instinct With Hellish Life
He intends to go into management when he retires as a player, and already betrays some of the characteristics of his taciturn international mentor.
Thousands of people marched through Los Angeles on Saturday, fueled in part by what they called a betrayal by Bush. Archive 2007-04-08
Her posture is shocking and it betrays her negotiatory position immediately. Times, Sunday Times
She experienced sickness, loss, and betrayal all at once. Christianity Today
The Americans tend toward a flat, emblematic depiction of commercial imagery, whereas the British often favor an episodic approach to narrative that betrays a fondness for the facture of Abstract Expressionism.
Had I betrayed that confidence in his interests? Seminary Boy
the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal
Irako's sense of entitlement and bondless ambition is the hubris which eventually leads to the discovery of his betrayal by the Kogan sensei. Undefined
The chemical compositions of those rocks, the relative abundances of the oxygen isotopes locked up in their molecules, their mineralogy, and their textures all betrayed their lunar heritage.
Walpole's story of the French lady who asked for her lover's picture; and when he demurred observing that, if her husband were to see it, it might betray their secret -- "O dear, no," she said -- just like Mr. Macaulay -- "I _will have the picture_, but it _need not be like_! Famous Reviews
Clare suddenly noticed that Elinor's hands were gripping the bedclothes, betraying the emotion hidden by her quiet words.
She tried not to look where the dead men lay, graveless, sheeted in a cloth the sun would soon strip away, but her guilt betrayed her. BOUNDARY WATERS
They who assume a character that doesn't belong to them generally betray themselves by overacting it.
My selfish desires had led me into betraying this withdrawn and deeply religious family.
Explain that suicide is a plea for help and that telling you or another responsible adult is not betraying a confidence. You and Your Adolescent: A Parents' Guide for Ages 10 to 20
The business community regarded the measures as a betrayal of election promises.
It will be a gutless betrayal of staff too. The Sun
He is being tried for bribery, graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution.
She was entrusted with some of our nation's most important secrets and she betrayed that trust by carelessly mishandling highly classified information. Times, Sunday Times
Evelyn Gordon explains that shver tzu zein a yid is the only possible explanation for the betrayal that European Jews handed Israel when they signed on to J Call's call for blaming Israel for the conflict in this part of the world. Israel Matzav
If it dies it is because of our own errors, betrayals and aberrations.
Carbonic acid readily betrays its presence through solutions of the alkaline earths such as baryta and chalk, in which its passage produces an insoluble carbonate, and consequently makes the liquid turbid. Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884
It is abundantly clear that no pro-choicer on this thread has betrayed even the most rudimentary understanding of the pro-life position. Punishment
Now, though Captain Riga had not been guilty of any particular outrage against the sailors; yet, by a thousand small meannesses -- such as indirectly causing their allowance of bread and beef to be diminished, without betraying any appearance of having any inclination that way, and without speaking to the sailors on the subject -- by this, and kindred actions, I say, he had contracted the cordial dislike of the whole ship's company; and long since they had bestowed upon him a name unmentionably expressive of their contempt. Redburn. His First Voyage
When the literary class betray a destitution of faith, it is not strange that society should be disheartened and sensualized by unbelief. XVI. Essays. New England Reformers. A Lecture Read before the Society in Amory Hall on Sunday, March 3, 1844
First, it is a profound betrayal of the cardinal principle of intellectual endeavour, which is freedom of speech and debate.
She was most becomingly dressed, and betrayed a foot and ancle which for symmetry and "chaussure," might have challenged the Rue Rivoli itself to match it. The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Complete
The film-makers betray no understanding of how people actually learn, the active and agentive participation of students in the learning process. Rick Ayers: An Inconvenient Superman: Davis Guggenheim's New Film Hijacks School Reform
Her eunuch came forward from the shadows to listen to his mistress, and if he was surprised, his expression betrayed nothing. Shadow Princess
Even if he didn't betray his secret, he would never be deemed fit to return to work.
The Afghanistan build up, Wall Street Bail Out versus Main Street and Single pay health reform are three issues which leave many Americans feeling betrayed, unlistened to and remorseful about Obama: Allen L Roland America Suffering Buyers Remorse With Obama
In a single act of cowardice and betrayal, if not treason, the US congress has 'scuttled' the Articles of Impeachment drawn up and carefully researched by Dennis Kucinich. Liberty Betrayed
FN#291] Verily I have fallen into wreak and am betrayed by friendly freke and oh, the excess of my trouble and tweak, Zík, Arabian nights. English
But what really works with this story is that it grabs you with the sense of deadliness and betrayal being associated with the most familiar settings and people that are supposed to be safe. MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2)
The channel is to news what reality TV is to reality: its calculated subverter, its smirking betrayer.
Not only does Kapper avoid the typical mistakes that betray a first-time feature director-and the showiness which is often the other option for debut-directors of some competence-every sequence is staged with the touch of a veteran: shot composition, lighting, cutting, coverage, scene structure, props that don't feel borrowed from some high school, settings that feel like part of the real world ... real Ohio weather. ChristianCinema.com - Faith Affirming and Family Approved Entertainment
Ancient memories of treachery and betrayed trust screamed in warning at the very thought, and Bahzell had muttered of gods and wizards while the dream was upon him, even if he couldn't recall the words to his waking mind.
Technically a country can be treasonous because the primary definition of "treason" is "the betrayal of a trust. Is That Legal?: America -- a Treasonist Country
European Cup as if it is not terribly significant is not so much to betray a lack of soul, but a lack of commercial savvy. Times, Sunday Times
In betraying your fellow Kings you have broken the sacred Triumvirate of Atlantis.
Teased outside his off-stump, for once his lack of footwork towards the pitch of the ball betrayed him.
They feel betrayed and so there may yet be another set of demonstrations and another eventual change in power.
And there are the autobiographical grasses, exposing old secrets and betraying ancient confidences in exchange for sales.

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