betrayed

Example Sentences

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"I feel like the Kenyan government and Alfred Mutua have betrayed us," she added, speaking from her home in the Kakamega region of western Kenya.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

She’s aware she’s being betrayed by the bad faith of her family; she’s cognizant of being vulnerable to an inappropriate affection for the one person who trusts her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

“Most people feel betrayed, and that’s bipartisan,” Stephen Otterstrom, a longtime Salt Lake City resident running to represent District 21 in the Statehouse, told me.

From Slate • Jun. 1, 2026

That echoed comments from the former first minister earlier in the week, when she told an audience at a literary festival she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to" by her husband.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The international court determined that the children and teenagers of the Third Reich had been betrayed, deserted, and sacrificed by a party and a regime that had used them to attain power.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti