Betrayal Sentence Examples

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  • Do not apologize for another's betrayal.

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  • Sirian's betrayal first came to her in a dream created by the demon as a warning before it was strong enough to speak to her.

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  • Lenin regarded such strivings as a betrayal of the claims of the labouring class.

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  • How did she assess the extent of betrayal already committed by a man she trusted as an uncle?

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  • The depth of Claire's betrayal made him wish he could kill her again a thousand times over!

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  • Shuddering, she looked toward Taran, the sense of betrayal raw.

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  • The idea of the sovereignty of the people was to him utterly abhorrent, and even any delegation of sovereign power on his own part would have seemed a betrayal of a God-given trust.

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  • She wondered if he felt hurt at his best friend's betrayal but didn't have the nerve to ask.

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  • Together, we will teach your father that betrayal is rewarded with vengeance.

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  • Still, a life of betrayal with Aaron was nothing compared to a life as Talon's slave!

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  • You are cut out for politics and betrayal.

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  • Betrayal by friends and co-workers is possible.

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  • The Guardians knew that betrayal would be confronted by Dusty, and even those loyal to Damian feared him appearing unexpectedly at their door.

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  • Not hesitating to hand over the compass, she appeared torn at taking the final step of betrayal.

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  • He expected Sasha to sense his betrayal, but Sasha.s gaze glowed for a different reason.

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  • There was no sign Ne'Rin's betrayal affected him at all.

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  • She dreamt of what life with Brady might've been like, away from the war and betrayal.

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  • Then again, in his battered state, the last thing he wanted was to see how angry she still was for his betrayal.

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  • I didn't earn my betrayal.

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  • There was no room in his life for betrayal.

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  • What was more important than power, betrayal and revenge, the tenets on which he built his life?

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  • To Droysen and Kaerst it accords with the historical conditions; to Grote and to Beloch it is a betrayal of the prerogative of Hellenism.

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  • According to it the disciples all fled after the betrayal (though Peter waited until after the denial), and afterwards saw the risen Lord in Galilee.

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  • According to this the disciples, though they fled at the betrayal, did not return to their homes, but remained in Jerusalem, saw the risen Lord in that city, and stayed there until after the day of Pentecost.

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  • That Dalrymple arranged for actual extermination of the males of the clan is certain, but there is no proof that he knew of the modus operandi, the betrayal of hospitality, " murder under trust."

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  • Hugh Capet needed more than three years and the betrayal of his enemy into his hands before he could parry the attack of a quite second-rate adversary, Charles of Lorraine (990), the last descendant of Charlemagne.

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  • His death dealers were lined up along one side of the panhandle, waiting for the invasive mind check, where Gabriel went through their heads for signs of betrayal.

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  • Gabriel didn.t have a choice, Rhyn she was trying to protect, but Hannah … the sense of betrayal within her made her feel ill again.

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  • Any resentment that lingered from his betrayal melted away at the sight of what he'd been through to save her.

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  • The dreams of his betrayal were followed by the dreams of Tiyan's walls toppling and of her impending death at the hands of a man she knew was Taran.

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  • Again, the subtext of betrayal gives a deeply poignant edge to this teaching.

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  • I will never avenge this betrayal, for my heart is dead.

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  • After the initial bewilderment, I must admit I felt some slight anger and betrayal.

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  • Join a nightmarish journey through faith and betrayal as the infamous warrior Jubei returns to confront the ultimate evil!

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  • So is it another death-defying feat for the passion story, or an anti-Semitic betrayal?

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  • The day after the betrayal, republican prisoners in Wormwood Scrubs, London declared a new hunger strike.

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  • With the obvious coming betrayal of the leaders the slogan only served to sow illusions.

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  • And, last, ' genius ' means a betrayal of gender propriety too.

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  • The heady scent of betrayal was in the air.

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  • But in Hannes ' terrible dreams about the past, what is also utterly shocking is the sense of betrayal.

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  • Notes At one level this is a story of betrayal, of political skulduggery and of religiously-motivated violence.

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  • Brian Whitaker The Guardian 30 April 2001 There is no conduct quite so unbecoming as the betrayal of a friend.

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  • He remained, nevertheless, a Liberal; and after the franchise question had been settled by what Lowe considered Disraeli's betrayal, and he had been elected the first member for London University, he accepted office again in the Gladstone Cabinet of 1868 as chancellor of the exchequer.

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  • Court intrigue favouring him, he succeeded, by the betrayal of his comrades and by two submissive letters, in reconciling himself with the help of Halifax both to the king and to James, though he had the humiliation of seeing his confessions and declarations of penitence published at length in the Gazette.

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  • How far the extraordinary corruption of private morals which has gained for the restoration period so unenviable a notoriety was owing to the king's own example of flagrant debauchery, how far to the natural reaction from an artificial Puritanism, is uncertain, but it is incontestable that Charles's cynical selfishness was the chief cause of the degradation of public life which marks his reign, and of the disgraceful and unscrupulous betrayal of the national interests which raised France to a threatening predominance and imperilled the very existence of Britain for generations.

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  • And believe me, they are reaping the reward of their betrayal of the Bourbon cause.

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  • The savagery of battle pauses briefly to allow the snatched happiness of the wedding before the desperate flight from anger and betrayal.

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  • An excellent novel about illusionary freedom and betrayal, with a powerful undercurrent of fear running the whole way through.

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  • Unfaithful lovers, betrayal by friends, sooner or later the pain must end.

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  • After years of betrayal and hardship, John made the difficult decision to disown his sister.

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  • The cult made it clear that retribution for betrayal would be swift and painful.

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  • All of these stories, even with serious themes like slavery, murder and betrayal, can be presented to children in ways they can comprehend.

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  • Even when one or more spouses have committed acts of betrayal, it's still possible to salvage a once worthy relationship.

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  • Proving all good things come with a price, Sandra Bullock's Oscar Curse saw her winning the biggest accolade in her career one night, and days later finding out she was facing the ultimate betrayal from her husband, Jesse James.

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  • And the classic role-playing game Betrayal at Krondor can now be downloaded for free thanks to the generosity of publisher Sierra.

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  • Soon enough you find yourself in the middle of lies, betrayal, and heavy machinery.

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  • When adolescent friends squabble, their conflicts typically center on issues such as gossiping, disclosing secrets, or loyalty and perceived betrayal.

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  • Problems to watch for include trouble sleeping, crying, aggression, deep anger and resentment, feelings of betrayal, difficulty concentrating, chronic fatigue, and problems with friends or at school.

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  • To the abandoned adolescent, it involves feelings of betrayal, guilt, loneliness, and lack of self-esteem.

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  • While many of the original New York Giants fans resented the move as a betrayal, the Giants quickly adopted legions of new fans in San Francisco who were eager to cheer on their own hometown baseball team.

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  • John Travolta and Olivia Newton John starred in this musical that showcased teenagers falling in love while getting through high school and encountering all the problems teenagers face, like pregnancy, betrayal, and bad dancing.

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  • During his tenure, he fathered a child with soap vixen Heather, faced the betrayal of his wife with his brother and learned that Doctor Steve Hardy was his real father.

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  • The pairing did not last long, ending with Amber's betrayal.

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  • Jones was understandably hurt by this betrayal, and he started a new group, Big Audio Dynamite (BAD).

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  • His father's rock-steady influence and firm guidance helped Clark deal with betrayal, loss and the painful realizations that he may never be 'normal.'

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  • The crewmember Seska (Martha Hackett) was a previous love interest of his, which made the betrayal even more personal.

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  • With the help of his defense against the dark arts teacher, Remus Lupin, and his friends, Harry unravels a twisted tale of violence and betrayal, but will he be clever and quick enough to save Sirius from the dementor's kiss?

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  • She ignored his offer, seething inside at his betrayal.

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  • Horror descended upon her as she realized the depth of Claire's betrayal.

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  • Though he had visited Rhyn regularly, Gabriel never was able to fully forgive himself for what felt like a betrayal of the only friend he had.

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  • Was she willing to give life a second shot, even if Gabriel wasn't in the picture and she had no more normal friends after Wynn's betrayal?

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  • Did Kris even know about Jade's betrayal?

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  • Someone else would have to do the thinking for him if he were to execute any kind of betrayal.

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  • She hesitated, ashamed to feel a sense of suspicion after Ne'Rin's betrayal.

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  • She'd been trying to avoid the crushing sense of betrayal building in her breast.

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  • Damian had taken his place when betrayal rendered Darian near-dead then enslaved to a madman for thousands of years.

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  • There was no trail indicating the extent of Sirian's betrayal, no one to reveal his plans but him and the small army holed up near the northern wall.

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  • Before long most of them had become the hirelings of France or Austria, and the value demanded for their wages was, not infrequently, the betrayal of their own country.

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  • The bread and wine before consecration are " likenesses of his body and blood," this in virtue of the words pronounced over them by Jesus on the night of his betrayal.

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  • Did you see what I did as a betrayal, because I chose my role as a Guardian over helping you wipe out the Others and anyone else in the way?

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  • You'll agonize over what you believe to be a lack of loyalty and internalize what you deem is nothing short of outright betrayal.

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  • She stared at the embroidered tablecloth, tormented by the scent of food she couldn't eat and the visions of death and betrayal that left an acrid taste in her mouth.

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  • Sharing it with anyone else would be a betrayal to Alex, not to mention an embarrassment to herself.

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  • He didn't tolerate betrayal, and she'd walked out on him.

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  • Thereupon the Athenians concerted a plot with Nicodromus, the leader of the democratic party in the island, for the betrayal of Aegina.

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  • Tantalus's betrayal of the secrets of the gods refers to the sun unveiling the secrets of heaven; the slaying of Pelops denotes the going-down of the sun, Pelops meaning the "` gray one," an epithet of the gloomy sky in which the last rays of the sun are extinguished.

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  • Yet somewhere deep inside she feared that if he was capable of betrayal once, then he might be again.

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  • Nisus was the eponymous hero of the harbour of Nisaea, and local tradition makes no mention of his betrayal by his daughter.

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  • A subsidy treaty with the sea powers (April 1 9, 1 794) filled his coffers; but the insurrection in Poland that followed the partition of 1793, and the threat of the isolated intervention of Russia, hurried him into the separate treaty of Basel with the French Republic (April 5, 1795), which was regarded by the great monarchies as a betrayal, and left Prussia morally isolated in Europe on the eve of the titanic struggle between the monarchical principle and the new political creed of the Revolution.

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  • Again, the army was morally weakened by a haunting dread of treason, and some of the chiefs, Ney for example, took the field with disturbing visions of the consequences of their late betrayal of the Bourbon cause, in case of Napoleon's defeat.

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  • On the betrayal of this conspiracy Clement made a fresh submission to the emperor, only to follow this, a year later, by the Holy League of Cognac with Francis I.

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  • Her love for Kiartan the poet, and his career abroad, his betrayal by his friend Bolli, the sad death of Kiartan at his hands, the revenge taken for him on Bolli, whose slayers are themselves afterwards put to death, and the end of Gudrun, who becomes an anchorite after her stormy life, make up the pith of the story.

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  • His great object was doubtless to gain supreme power and to keep it by any means, and by any betrayal that the circumstances demanded; and it is not without significance perhaps that on the very day of Oxford's dismissal he gave a dinner to the Whig leaders, and on the day preceding the queen's death ordered overtures to be made to the elector.5 On the accession of George I.

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

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  • The treaty of Breda with Holland (21st of July 1667) removed the danger, but not the ignominy, and Charles showed the real baseness of his character when he joined in the popular outcry against Clarendon, the upright and devoted adherent of his father and himself during twenty-five years of misfortune, and drove him into poverty and exile in his old age, recalling ominously Charles I.'s betrayal of Strafford.

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  • Her gaze settled on Kiera, a wounded look of betrayal there.

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  • It was one obvious way of enabling a prisoner to appear in public (for exercise or in travelling) without betrayal of identity.

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  • Damian had killed her for her betrayal, left her soul in her body and burned her.

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  • He wasn't expecting betrayal on the day of their victory.

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