Example sentences for: betrays

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

  • He concluded, "The frenzy with which he seeks to expand his empire betrays a realisation that it will not outlive him.

  • Mértola bursts with history: Its church, the Igreja Matriz, betrays a previous incarnation as a mosque with a prayer niche (mihrab), while the town hall (now a museum) is constructed on Roman foundations.

  • The ignorance surrounding the Tasmanian languages betrays the fact that the relationships between convicts and later settlers and the Tasmanian Aborigines were of a hostility unreached elsewhere; the continuing fertility of Nyungar by contrast results from a much happier and more accommodating relationship.

  • The nearby Sé (Cathedral), begun in 1186, betrays its crusading origins with its fortress-like Romanesque style.

  • Even in praising his skill as an editor, she betrays the presence of its absence.


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