Betraying

Examples

• Her eyes moved uneasily from object to object in the room, betraying plainly that she suspected what my purpose was in coming to speak to her. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• No implicated man or woman took untimely courage, or made a self-betraying step. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• His face betrayed his thoughts—perhaps without betraying him, for it might have been according to its instructions so to do. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The poor weak words, which have failed to describe Miss Fairlie, have succeeded in betraying the sensations she awakened in me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She had not confided in me; I could not demand an explanation from Raymond without the hazard of betraying what was perhaps her most treasured secret. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• He could not explain the true state of affairs without betraying one who certainly deserved little enough consideration at his hands. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• She doubted whether she had not transgressed the duty of woman by woman, in betraying her suspicions of Jane Fairfax's feelings to Frank Churchill. Jane Austen. Emma.
• There was no fear (if the linen in the house was examined) of the newness of the nightgown betraying me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• She would rather die than own the truth; and she hoped, by a little reflection, to fortify herself beyond betraying it. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It had kept him from writing to her, or betraying, by any sign or act, his misery and mortification. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• She obediently descended, and made as light of the prank as she could without betraying Meg or forgetting the truth. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I was mad with excess of passionate devotion; but pride, tameless as fire, invested my nature, and prevented me from betraying myself by word or look. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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