Betrays
[bi'treiz]
Examples
- And, indeed, Veneering is much relieved in mind to find that Podsnap betrays no jealousy of Twemlow's elevation. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Your tongue betrays you; you now speak wrong. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her face is veiled, and still she sufficiently betrays herself to make more than one of those who pass her look round sharply. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Not a rustle of the housekeeper's dress, not a gesture, not a word betrays her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Aristotle, in his _Politics_, betrays very clearly the practical outcome of this difference. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Ay, Miss Shirley, there's a gleg light i' your een sometimes which betrays you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It betrays the fatal exasperation of a man who has lost his faith in the power of truth because _his_ truth has not prevailed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The phraseology betrays the particular provincial tradition within which the author is writing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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