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Example sentences for "betrayal"

Lexicographically close words:
betooke; betraid; betraie; betraied; betray; betrayals; betrayed; betrayer; betrayers; betrayeth
  1. Frederick received imperial rank as reward for the betrayal of his country, and was crowned in Rome, in A.

  2. His betrayal of the cause had brought Protestantism to the verge of destruction; his betrayal of the emperor proved its salvation.

  3. But Hildebrand’s party called the pope to account for this betrayal of the church.

  4. I can never forgive myself for this betrayal of my King and country.

  5. Soames leaned back, the image of pale patience, as if resolved on the betrayal of no emotion.

  6. But Winton was triple-proofed against betrayal of feeling.

  7. Thus did Father John turn traitor to his spoken words, though his calm and smiling face gave no betrayal of it when Nada and Roger returned to the cabin an hour later, their arms filled with red bakneesh vines and early wildflowers.

  8. And then--then came the betrayal of hope.

  9. He had scarcely thought of Lily since the betrayal of his illusions on that brazen July day when last he had seen her in the garden behind her house.

  10. Men could hardly be held responsible for the fall of women, unless themselves had upon their souls the guilt of betrayal or desertion.

  11. There are two points in them deserving special notice: The warmth of description indulged with respect to the Princess Irene and the betrayal of the Emperor.

  12. If they made betrayal horrible in thought, what would the fact be?

  13. They too were willing to permit him to make them comfortable the remainder of their days, especially as, after the betrayal asked of them, they had only to take boat to the Turkish side of the Bosphorus, beyond pursuit and demand.

  14. She showed them of the betrayal of her lord, and how his raiment was stolen from the hollow stone.

  15. Yet if so, there was no betrayal in the man's face.

  16. Think what betrayal and arrest means to these men.

  17. Her Master Percy, for whom she had sacrificed so much, was he not in danger of betrayal and disgrace in case this old lady should touch upon the subject of the money confided to her care to be conveyed to him?

  18. And he wondered as he spoke if he should ever bring any of his possessions back there again, whether, with this cloud, this suspicion of a possible betrayal of his trust resting upon him, he should ever return to Sylvandale school.

  19. This decision was regarded in Schleswig-Holstein as a betrayal of its cause and was never accepted by a considerable minority of the German parliament.

  20. The same individuals who had themselves expressed sympathy for the cause of the Central Powers in conversations with their neighbors, suddenly turned informers, and professed to be proud of their betrayal of confidence.

  21. I did my best to hide the outward betrayal of it.

  22. How else could I turn the conversation so as to lead him, little by little, toward the betrayal of the secrets which he was keeping from me?

  23. Slight as it was, that sign of self-betrayal did not escape Mrs. Wagner's keen observation.

  24. He walked to the window; hiding all outward betrayal of the consternation that shook him to the soul.

  25. My mind is made up, and to propose any loan for fortifications would be, on my part, with the views I entertain, a betrayal of my public duty.

  26. Jacopo Ruffini, given the choice between execution and the betrayal of his friends, committed suicide in prison.

  27. To see serpents crawling in the grass before you, betrayal and cruel insinuations will fill you with despair.

  28. To dream of using blotting paper, signifies you will be deceived into the betrayal of secrets which will seriously involve a friend.

  29. Blood showing on the white fleece of a lamb, denotes that innocent ones will suffer from betrayal through the wrong doing of others.

  30. Tessa set up her shoulders and bit her lip, looking at Baldassarre as if this betrayal of secrets must have an exciting effect on him too.

  31. His previous advances had been interrupted by the Gastein convention, which seemed to the Italian government a betrayal of the Italian cause.

  32. Few passages in history afford such an opportunity for the delineation of the deeper human passions as the episode which resulted in the betrayal of an entire country for the gratification of a private wrong.

  33. He paved the way for this betrayal by pretending that Abdalla, King of the Moors, had become a Christian, and by indicating to her the benefits of a union with the pagan prince.

  34. Knox avers that the besiegers of St. Andrews Castle, despairing of their task, near the end of January 1547 made a fraudulent truce with the assassins, hoping for the betrayal of the castle, or of some of the leaders.

  35. Much has been said about Lord James's betrayal to Throckmorton of Mary's intentions, as revealed by her to himself.

  36. The Betrayal is distinctly the best composed and most telling of the three.

  37. This was denounced as the betrayal of his constituents.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betrayal" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    abuse; apostasy; backsliding; betrayal; bolt; breakaway; defection; dereliction; deserter; desertion; disloyalty; indiscretion; leak; perfidy; rape; ravage; ravishment; recidivism; schism; secession; seduction; stab; telltale; treason; violation