How do you use Betray in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like deceive or delude, plus the exact meaning.
Betray in a sentence
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Betray meaning
- To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
- To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
Synonyms of Betray
Betray vertaling naar Nederlands
Using Betray
- The main meaning on this page is: To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. | To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive. | To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- Useful related words include: deceive, give away, lead on, delude.
- Possible Dutch translations are: verraden, onthullen, verspreken.
- In the example corpus, betray often appears in combinations such as: to betray, betray the, betray his.
Context around Betray
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Betray
- In this selection, "betray" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, day, eventually, easily, australians, nigerians and jesus stand out and add context to how "betray" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 340 to betray jesus and and all that betray his age. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "betray" sits close to words such as anterior, antigen and ariz, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with betray
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
O’s management didn’t betray shareholders. (7 words)
Soon you’ll be talking, and language will betray you. (10 words)
If Shawn isn’t careful, he could easily betray his marriage vows. (12 words)
Bookended by a riveting Captain's Log explaining his decisions, Sisko reveals his conspiracy with Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) to fool Romulan Senator Vreenak (Stephen McHattie) into believing the Dominion planned to betray the Romulans. (35 words)
It must be noted that Mattei’s great uncle was a chemical professor who designed bombs against the fascists in Italy and committed suicide in prison after days of torture rather than betray his comrades. (35 words)
It’s being closely watched by media advocates, who say forcing journalists to betray a promise of confidentiality could make sources think twice before providing information to reporters that could expose government wrongdoing. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
They betray the science of how to slow a rapidly evolving pandemic and they betray Australians.
He assured the electorate that the APC administration would not betray Nigerians or allow anyone to betray them.
According to the Gospel of John, Judas Iscariot received 30 silver coins, or in today’s money, around $340, to betray Jesus and put him in the hands of Caiaphas.
A salt-and-pepper beard and slight lines around his eyes are all that betray his age.
Bookended by a riveting Captain's Log explaining his decisions, Sisko reveals his conspiracy with Elim Garak (Andrew Robinson) to fool Romulan Senator Vreenak (Stephen McHattie) into believing the Dominion planned to betray the Romulans.
But Mirsky said “this potentially is a losing game” because as technology improves, the telltale signs that used to betray the fakes will go away.
Captured cell members strive to hold out for 24 hours, to enable those they will betray to flee (“As dawn broke, Wuchang broke, too”).
Darth Plagueis became obsessed with the idea that he’d grown too powerful and that the Force would one day betray him for abusing his control over life and death.
Evil Tommy would eventually betray Rita, and combine the powers of both the Green and White Ranger coins to create his ultimate Ranger form, which bears traits of both costumes.
For instance, an excess of even the seemingly harmless transparent mucus bronchitis or allergic rhinitis; red snot can betray pneumonia.
If Shawn isn’t careful, he could easily betray his marriage vows.
I’m not just bawling my eyes out over the recent, momentous death of family patriarch Logan Roy (Brian Cox), but as I watch his children squabble and betray one another.
In particular, it focuses on how the characters hurt and betray one another, providing fodder for the titular Gossip Girl blog.
It must be noted that Mattei’s great uncle was a chemical professor who designed bombs against the fascists in Italy and committed suicide in prison after days of torture rather than betray his comrades.
It’s being closely watched by media advocates, who say forcing journalists to betray a promise of confidentiality could make sources think twice before providing information to reporters that could expose government wrongdoing.
It's why she was the one to push for Dame to be invited into their inner-circle, not realizing he'd betray her husband.
O’s management didn’t betray shareholders.
She's just chucked into Season 1 as a prisoner Vox Machina rescues from the Briarwoods, only to then betray the crew.
Soon you’ll be talking, and language will betray you.
The girls' antics — swinging from ceiling beams, loudly knocking over a pail while hobbling around with their hair intertwined, plotting and executing a prank to shock the others — betray their impatience.
Common combinations with betray
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: