How to Use betrayal in a Sentence

betrayal

noun
  • That would be a betrayal of the fans.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And yet, in a way, held the guts and the heart of the whole betrayal.
    — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
  • There’s love and there’s betrayal, but there isn’t a great crime.
    — Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The chasms led to a loss of faith, a loss of trust, a sense of betrayal.
    — David Brooks, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • A lot of people will watch it and see it as a betrayal.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 22 June 2026
  • So this moral injury, this sense of betrayal is so acute with me.
    — Joe Wilkins Published Mar 11, Futurism, 11 Mar. 2026
  • So this moral injury, this sense of betrayal is so acute with me.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But then, pointless betrayal is par for the course for these two.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2023
  • Trump won’t see that as a betrayal, the person said.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 15 June 2026
  • And that's the idea of-- betrayal.
    — Scott Pelley, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Each of these cases has been about love, betrayal, loss and joy.
    — Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 17 Feb. 2026
  • These words, this faith in her, this betrayal of her, are the outcome.
    — Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Walz owns the betrayal and the broken trust.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
  • What hurt many people most was the betrayal.
    — Felipe Schrieberg, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In short, the redesign feels like a betrayal.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Fans recoil at the idea of betrayal.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Wealth was never a betrayal of work.
    — Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • This is a betrayal of the very people this process is supposed to serve.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • The betrayal of girl code has been front and center of the drama.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That’s where betrayal can hit the hardest.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Her then-boyfriend saw her decision to move on as a betrayal.
    — David Klepper, Star Tribune, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Trading Skubal at this point would amount to a betrayal.
    — Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Telling her mother may feel like betrayal to her and could weaken your bond.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The star sings of betrayal and heartbreak and finding the strength to move on.
    — Janine Rubenstein, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
  • What are some things that happened that inspired the theme of betrayal?
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Williams sought to do it through betrayals and lies, which sat with him uneasily.
    — Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
  • His timbre is as much a betrayal as his taste for the carnal press of white and caramel skin.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2024
  • The people in his life are still struggling with the betrayal.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • What does seem to shock people are the lengths that some can go to get revenge for the betrayal.
    — Jann Blackstone, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
  • And yet, for their labor, they are repaid with fear and betrayal.
    — Israel Melendez Ayala, Time, 16 Sep. 2025

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