How to Use betray in a Sentence

betray

verb
  • She is very loyal and would never betray a friend.
  • She coughed, betraying her presence behind the door.
  • She betrayed her own people by supporting the enemy.
  • They betrayed their country by selling its secrets to other governments.
  • His body had betrayed him again.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • But that faith has been betrayed.
    — Mary Waskowiak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2025
  • We’d been betrayed by the book.
    — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026
  • They were left shell-shocked and betrayed.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The shame falls on the person who betrayed me.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Twice this season his right leg has betrayed him.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Both have now betrayed the trust those allies placed in them.
    — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2025
  • To want to crawl out of your own body because your brain betrayed you?
    — Peter White, Deadline, 24 Feb. 2026
  • And yet her passport had betrayed her.
    — Catherine Lacey, New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2025
  • So when you're betrayed like that, there's no going back for me.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The act left her feeling betrayed.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Walker felt betrayed yet again.
    — Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • His daughter grows up and falls for the son of the man the king thought his wife betrayed him for.
    — Mike Deehan, Axios, 12 July 2024
  • For many women, menopause can feel like your body is betraying you.
    — Essence, 23 Oct. 2025
  • At such moments, the sky would betray signs of pale blue behind the gray.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2022
  • First, Lucy Gray stole his heart and, in his mind, betrayed him.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 24 Apr. 2026
  • She was hit, harangued and betrayed by a son who couldn’t help himself.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The villagers know they have been betrayed, not least by themselves.
    — Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • So the gist of this story so far is that Ohtani’s close friend betrayed him.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024
  • My own senses have started to betray me.
    — Alaa Alqaisi august 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
  • But some Titans betrayed their own.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Renko’s body betrays him as the disease takes hold, though his mind and spirit do not.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 July 2025
  • For years, they were forgotten, betrayed, and cast aside.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Shadows betray their trees, their heads bare, their necks a guide for the hungry.
    — Nima Hasan august 15, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
  • You’ve come too far to betray yourself for someone who doesn’t know how to swimin your depths.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 2 Nov. 2025
  • My body would betray me in ways that were funny and not always in my control.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 31 Jan. 2020

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