betray
verb (used with object)
to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty.
will betray
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future tenseof betray.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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We overestimate how likely it is that if we trust someone they will betray us and we underestimate the likelihood that things will go well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2024
He can disappear as in the aforementioned airport episode, and he is also all-knowing, informing one character that they will betray him — and why — before it happens.
From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2023
The Last Supper shows the famous scene where Jesus eats with his 12 apostles for the final time and warns one will betray him.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2022
Maybe my place cells will betray my inner Gloria Steinem, pulling me back to the past for a few precious milliseconds.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2022
Even in the mind of Théoden the thought took shape, like a shadow of doubt: ‘He will betray us; he will go — we shall be lost.’
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
