Sentence examples for betrayed into from inspiring English sources

"betrayed into" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It means to be tricked or deceived into doing something, often something that one would not ordinarily do. For example, "She was betrayed into signing the contract without reading it".

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Haunted by his fear of losing his position as head of the British stage, he was betrayed into displays of jealousy against potential rivals.

The Russians claim they were misled (or betrayed) into signing up to regime change an idea that is anathema to them.

Buddhism, in his view, was long ago betrayed into Brahmanism; the open-ended artisanal practice of meditation became a caste-bound dogma with "truths" and ceremonies.

The basic state of political professionals isn't idealism that is betrayed into cynicism, and it isn't cynicism that can be charmed into idealism.

The rise of TV and movie fandom, for example — with its generous affection turning, when it's betrayed, into lavish scorn — seems to be an extension of our love affair with books.

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All along, while burning the candle at both ends, I'd been 'straying into the arena of the unwell' and now 'a vulgar little tumor' was evident.

In his latest episode, he slammed the club that betrayed him into the turf.

I could picture, all too clearly, how your child looked at you as you betrayed him into the hands of strangers.

She wonders whether it was embarrassment at the bread roll incident or the fear that he had betrayed himself into the hands of a foreigner that kept him away.

There were occasions in his career when an excess of zeal on the side of the light betrayed him into utterances welcomed by his critics and - what he minded more – embarrassing to his friends.

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