Dictionary Home »
Sentence Examples » betray
betray - use in sentences
Object
- Judas: If Judas betrayed Jesus he broke this rule of the community also.
- ignorance: To maintain that they must intervene is to betray ignorance of the elementary principles of prophetic interpretation.
- voter: They keep governments on their toes and make sure they don't betray the trust voters have put in them.
- misunderstanding: This betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how difficult true modernisation actually is.
- emotion: The tranquil Fogg waited, without betraying any emotion.
- revolution: In reality, Stalin betrayed the socialist revolution carried out by the Russian working class.
Subject
- friend: Additional meanings: Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend.
- government: They just feel betrayed by a Government that promised no tax increases at all.
- someone: So today if you're feeling badly let down or betrayed by someone, remember that you really can talk with God about it.
Preposition: into
- hand: Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
Modifying Another Word
- cruelly: At this juncture, alas, he is cruelly betrayed by his wicked nephew Mordred who has usurped the throne at home.
- thereby: It sounds like someone very, very close to them, someone they trusted, leaked the photos thereby betraying them.
- eventually: His location was eventually betrayed to the authorities who raided Scotney Castle on two occasions in an attempt to capture him.
- never: I will answer for it she never betrayed the least thing in the world.
- thus: Under considerable pressure from Parliament, the King signed the Earl of Strafford's death warrant, thus betraying his key adviser.
- again: Audio ( Dolby digital mono ) is fair to good, tho once again betraying the limitations of the source.
Used with why or when
- when: Many long-term followers of the band genuinely and perhaps misguidedly felt betrayed when Cocteau Twins signed to a major label.
- what: The computer asks us to betray what meanings we have left for dessicated information.
Preposition: by
- friend: Additional meanings: Servants may lose the confidence of their masters; a young lady may be betrayed by a friend.
- government: They just feel betrayed by a Government that promised no tax increases at all.
The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.
Share on Facebook