Example sentences for: betraying

How can you use “betraying” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Let's not forget that Toobin, the man who now decries the baleful influence of book deals, first made his mark betraying Iran-Contra special counsel Lawrence Walsh, for whom he worked as a lawyer, by quitting to publish a book about the case before it was even over!

  • In a front-page comment in Milan's Corriere della Sera, columnist Ennio Caretto spoke up for Clinton's presidential record, saying he had corrected the capitalist excesses of Reaganism and that, although he stood accused of betraying the liberal traditions of the Democrats, he had at least--by moving to the center--kept the Right in Congress at bay.

  • Some House Republicans, including DeLay, have fired back at Bush, accusing him of betraying them, meddling in their business, and distorting their ideas.

  • Some conservatives have attempted to associate Flytrap with the political and cultural values of the 1960s--let it all hang out and so on--though they also have insisted that feminists are betraying feminism's roots in the same period by failing to condemn the male perpetrator.

  • But money does help, and any practical politician comes to realize that betraying the public interest on small issues involves little political cost, because voters lack the individual incentive to notice.


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