How to Use treachery in a Sentence

treachery

noun
  • But what the file also revealed was a long trail of treachery.
    — Lynell George, latimes.com, 7 June 2019
  • If war is hell, this is its ninth circle, the circle of treachery.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Pence refuses to learn from the treachery of the people around him.
    — William Saletan, Slate Magazine, 22 May 2017
  • The judge said at the time that factors such as cruelty and treachery had not been proven.
    — Jim Gomez, Star Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
  • Jonathan Cute kept probing the murky realms between tourism and treachery.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • This is not treachery but the truest and noblest affection.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • Drunken shouts, parochial boasts, empty words cannot conceal the treachery.
    — Amos Oz, Harper's magazine, 10 Apr. 2019
  • Lanthimos ridicules mankind’s treachery in films that, scene by scene, are not provocative, just crass.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2024
  • This is a level of treachery that knocks Lucy nearly as much as William.
    — Hillary Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Some viewed him with a quizzical brow — a fair response given the treachery of dating.
    — Reina Abrevaya, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • Yet, all through this treachery and mayhem, the audience is just about on the floor with laughter.
    — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 22 Aug. 2017
  • New Hampshire is a flat, 1-mile track with treachery in every corner.
    — Matt Crossman, charlotteobserver, 13 July 2017
  • This was a shocking step for the show, which prides itself on being a free-for-all of deceit, mind games and treachery.
    — Noam Cohen, Wired, 17 Dec. 2019
  • The songs typically crop up in the final act of an episode as the tensions (and treacheries) mount.
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 13 Feb. 2025
  • One daughter couldn't resist, however, and lost her arm to the treachery of monsters and men.
    — Shannon Gibney, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Not only that, Sonny’s the national coach of the year for his treachery.
    — Dallas News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • For protesters in Greece, any sharing of the M-word is treachery.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Tarabay leads the cast as the titular Ashur, now thriving after his treachery.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Nov. 2025
  • At its very center stands Satan himself, guilty of treachery against God.
    — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 24 May 2018
  • After that treachery to his wife, Tom became Logan's right hand.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
  • Such letters have since become a symbol of the female treachery that can damage a man as deeply as the wartime loss of life or limb.
    — Charlotte Gray, WSJ, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Joe Maddon took the blame for Gallo’s treachery, which, yes, was genius.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The move left him with a lingering taint of treachery in the eyes of some Conservatives.
    — Jill Lawless, USA TODAY, 19 June 2019
  • The performance starts off on a note of bravura and then descends into treachery, drug mania, and fear.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 26 May 2022
  • With season 4 rapidly approaching, now's the time to prepare for the treachery to come.
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Because of that treachery Castor was a pure mortal, but Pollux was a half god.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Despite the violence and treachery, the suffering and vengeance, there is a final scene of hope, even a touch of joy.
    — Chris Offutt, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • As the author tells us, the truffle business is characterized by small-scale treachery and large-scale fraud.
    — Eugenia Bone, WSJ, 10 July 2019
  • As if falling in love wasn’t hard enough, this series ups the ante with even more mind games and treachery than the average first month of dating.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 May 2024
  • As much talk as there is about treachery and deceit, the most valuable skill on The Traitors is deflection.
    — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2024

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