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COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
seem
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Max's conversion must have seemed like a second betrayal .
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To Coleridge himself, however, his enforced departure from Ottery seemed like betrayal .
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They may fear to extend love and acceptance to the new partner as it seems a betrayal of the absent parent.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Some politicians are calling the President's policy a betrayal of American principles.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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One of the men laughed, a nervous betrayal of his obvious lust.
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She hated Nora for the double betrayal and swore that she would never forgive her.
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The Labour leader, John Smith, described the Budget speech as a ruthless betrayal of election pledges.
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Their initial awkwardness fades away as the pair re-visit the site of previous betrayals and adventures.
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Theirs is a consummately selfish act, no less than a low-life betrayal of civilization.
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To escape this bitter betrayal , she decides to fake her own death and disappear.
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Was it a disastrous marriage or the betrayal of a good girl?