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How to use betrayal in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun

Betrayal means the act of betraying. Example: “We are unwilling to restore his previous privileges after his betrayal of our trust.”

Examples of betrayal by meaning

nounThe act of betraying.

  • But by the same token, an exclusive menu of betrayals is likely to be a starvation diet.1995 May 3, Robert Grudin, “Treasonable Matter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
  • The betrayal of our friends in Taiwan began with President Carter’s decision to terminate the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan that Congress had ratified in 1954.2005, Jesse Helms, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106
  • If you see him, do not hesitate to let him know what the Roekaar think of this betrayal.2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Received message: A Traitor

More sentences with betrayal

  • We are unwilling to restore his previous privileges after his betrayal of our trust.From the entry unwilling
  • His betrayal was the beginning of a complex intrigue intended to give him control of the company.From the entry intrigue
  • I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.From the entry steaming
  • This most cruel betrayal led him to Timonism.From the entry Timonism
  • “There’s a sense of betrayal,” said the former Hamtramck mayor Karen Majewski, who is Polish American.2023 June 17, Tom Perkins, “‘A sense of betrayal’: liberal dismay as Muslim-led US city bans Pride flags”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry polish
  • We do not pay by betrayal as that denies inclusibility in commercial practice.2020, Amelikeh Confidence E. N., “The Matter of Commercial Practice”, in The Concept of Service Quality in Commercial Practice, Partridge…. From the entry inclusibility
  • It is no coincidence that the city’s tycoonocracy is being blamed for both betrayals.2014, The Times, “Home truths that are driving the Hong Kong protest”, Oct 7, 2014. From the entry tycoonocracy
  • “You could see the betrayal coming from a mile away,” said a Romney insider.2012, Ronald B. Scott, Mitt Romney: An Inside Look at the Man and His Politics, Lyons Press, published 2012, →ISBN. From the entry from a mile away
  • In the name of outraged readerdom I protest against such betrayal.1903, Robert Blatchford, A book about books. From the entry readerdom
  • It comes from inside, from your insecurities and fears—fear of loss, fear of betrayal, and fear of hurt.2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, “What is... jealousy?”, in Let's Talk About It, →ISBN, page 189. From the entry insecurity
  • But DSAers saw the move as a betrayal.2021 February 18, A.D. Quig, “City Council's socialists see themselves as an antidote to the status quo”, in Crain's Chicago Business…. From the entry Rose Twitter
  • He said the Pope’s action was a great “betrayal.”2020 October 24, Shen Hua, Mario Ritter Jr., “Chinese Government Strengthens Controls Over Religion”, in Susan Shand, editor, Voice of…. From the entry Sha'anxi
  • A couturiere wearing a competitor’s gown was like a brewer drinking the ale made in another distillery, an act of betrayal.1999, Janet Kendall, Hunter of My Heart, Harlequin, →ISBN, pages 143–144. From the entry couturiere
  • Through her characters’ personal growth and interpersonal relationships, Hoover offers readers an emotional road map to recovery from imposter syndrome, domestic abuse, betrayal, victimization.2023 July 6, Pamela Paul, “What’s the Story With Colleen Hoover?”, in The New York Times. From the entry road map
  • For Tories like Cartland, deviating from the Chamberlain line was seen as betrayal, not disagreement, and the deviators were subjected to raw schoolboy pressure.2007 April 29, Jon Meacham, “Friends of Winston”, in New York Times. From the entry deviator
  • Today's wet-behind-the-ears Mansonites are fueled by the spirit of betrayal, the sense that somewhere along the line the Woodstock generation copped out.1994 September, SPIN, volume 10, number 6. From the entry Mansonite
  • Meanwhile, the trade deal has left Britain’s fishing communities screaming betrayal, unhappy with their paltry gains and facing expensive barriers to export what they have caught.2022 July 8, Daniel Boffey, “Collapsing public support suggests Brexit is anything but done”, in The Guardian. From the entry paltry
  • Where 'MacDonaldism' consists in the betrayal of the needs of the movement for personal position, the 'doctrine' commentators betray the party in a more subtle and more fundamental way.2018, H. M. Drucker, Doctrine and Ethos in the Labour Party. From the entry MacDonaldism
  • Their deaths are part of a long pattern of Tsilhqot’in people fighting to protect their land and an equally long pattern of betrayal by Canadian governments.2014 October 24, Wendy Stueck, “B.C.'s apology for hanging Tsilhqot'in war chiefs one step in a long healing process”, in The Globe and Mail. From the entry Tsilhqot'in
  • When Richard Peters reported to Penn on 2 October that the proprietarians had lost the election, he did not mention Franklin's supposed betrayal of Allen, Hamilton, and Chew.2008, J. A. Leo Lemay, The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3: Soldier, Scientist, and Politician, 1748-1757, University of Pennsylvania…. From the entry proprietarian
  • So I write that of course there were others, as if it were so natural to talebear that my gossipy betrayal was inevitable, customary, doubtless witty, even right.1999, William H. Gass, The tunnel. From the entry talebear
  • At its heart, the story is fairly familiar from prizefight fiction, one of betrayal - and self-betrayal - in which a once-promising athlete confronts his failure.1988 August 27, Mel Gussow, “Review/Theater; A Fading Prizefighter Confronts His Facade”, in The New York Times, archived from the…. From the entry prizefight

Meaning of betrayal

  1. noun The act of betraying.

Full definition of betrayal

Questions about betrayal in a sentence

How do you use betrayal in a sentence?
Betrayal is used as a noun. For example: “We are unwilling to restore his previous privileges after his betrayal of our trust.”
What is a short sentence with betrayal?
“But DSAers saw the move as a betrayal.”
What does betrayal mean?
Betrayal means the act of betraying.

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