betray

Example Sentences

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"Somewhere down the line in a fine muscle control game like snooker, your body betrays your brain," Davis said.

From BBC

The national mood betrayed a “mixture of fear and relief,” Mr. Tremlett tells us, and even among “those who opposed him, celebrations were discreet.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This sets up a long flashback in which we learn that Marian and Edison knew each other in college, and that he betrayed her.

From Los Angeles Times

"I felt betrayed, I feel like they are not taking us as important," Eniola said.

From Barron's

Having now lost a breast to a mastectomy, she feels betrayed.

From Barron's