betray

In a sentence

Six example sentences with betray, each labelled with its topic.

• His steady voice betrayed nothing, but the interviewer noticed the hands twisting under the table and guessed the truth.

  Psychology

• A single unfocused blink betrays the sitter's nerves in a portrait that otherwise looks perfectly composed and confident.

  Photography

• The narrator's fussy attention to the locked drawer betrays a secret he insists throughout the novel he does not have.

  Literature

• A quick glance toward the corner betrayed the play, and the defender jumped the pass before it was thrown.

  Basketball

• The actor's tiny smile betrays the twist ten minutes early, and attentive viewers spot it every time.

  Movies

• A slip in the earnings call betrayed the merger talks, and the share price jumped before any announcement.

  Finance

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