betray
verb (used with object)
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty.
am betraying
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present progressiveof betray (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I really do, but it feels like I am betraying my mother somehow.
From Slate ● Dec. 25, 2018
And I am betraying something sacred by attempting to explain what he means to us.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2016
I love him, but I feel I am betraying my politics and community.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2015
If so, then maybe I am betraying her again by writing this.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2015
You must understand at last," he went on, "you must understand that in pronouncing his name I am betraying him to you—I am betraying him, am I not?
From The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
