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  • verb Present participle of betray.

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betray +‎ -ing

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Examples

  • Her expression betraying nothing, Chen asked, “Sir, did you know you have a green stain on your pants?”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • Her expression betraying nothing, Chen asked, “Sir, did you know you have a green stain on your pants?”

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact Paths of Disharmony Dayton Ward 2011

  • Redmond pushed open the door and went inside, his expression betraying nothing.

    Highborn Yvonne Navarro 2010

  • A “clean wound,” as the doctor in the emergency room would later say, his expression betraying no awareness of the irony inherent in such a description.

    The New Yorker Stories Ann Beattie 2010

  • I cringed and glanced at the patient staring numbly at the ceiling, her expression betraying nothing.

    NYT > Home Page By H. LEE KAGAN 2012

  • However, unlike Huey Long, our President hasn't taken on a moniker betraying his ambition.

    Rebecca Sive: From BP Massacre to BP Massacred: Let's Move 2010

  • And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the "mob" -- a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Matt Johnston 2009

  • This would make sense if AOL was looking for someone with expertise in betraying their community.

    10/27/2005 2005

  • His real fault lies in betraying the broader set of principles that brought him into office, and which, if he continues as before, sooner or later will sweep him out.

    03/28/2005 2005

  • The senator walked slowly around the apparatus, his expression betraying no sign of censure or approval.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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