betray
verb (used with object)
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty.
is betraying
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present progressiveof betray (3rd 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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It says society is betraying children and the problems are limiting their future and damaging economic prosperity.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024
I think as a teen, your body is betraying you.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2022
It keeps her going, she said, and counters some of her feelings that she is betraying her country by not being there to fight back.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2022
On the one hand, there’s your sense that your mother is betraying your stepfather.
From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 2021
She doesn’t care anymore if she is betraying her lie.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
