How to Use traitor in a Sentence

traitor

noun
  • She has been called a traitor to the liberal party's cause.
  • He was a traitor who betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the enemy.
  • No matter how close the traitor, the traitor had to die.
    Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The dog was resting on the man’s feet, the little traitor.
    Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2021
  • As such, he is called a traitor by both right and left.
    Abraham Riesman, Daily Intelligencer, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The dead man, 45-year-old banker Denys Kiryeyev, was killed as a traitor.
    Brett Forrest, WSJ, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Some called him a traitor and chanted for him to be hanged.
    Sarah Lynch Baldwin, Audrey McNamara, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2021
  • Trump has to make the case that, in those 47 years, Joe Biden was a traitor to Scranton.
    Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Viewers know who the traitors are, but the rest of the cast, called Faithful, do not.
    Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Viewers know who the traitors are, but the rest of the cast, called Faithful, do not.
    Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • That said, it’s just as easy to view Fletcher as a traitor.
    Lia Beck, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • She's been hailed as a traitor as well as a courageous hero.
    Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Who is most likely to turn one of the Avengers into a traitor, just for the evil fun of it?
    Graeme McMillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Skater and skater and friend to friend you’re like a traitor only to yourself.
    New York Times, 23 July 2021
  • Trump views the truth as treason and truth-tellers as traitors.
    TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2020
  • Exposed on all sides, a hero to some can be seen as a traitor to others.
    Michael Warren, ajc, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The black left has been calling Justice Thomas a race traitor for decades.
    Jason L. Riley, WSJ, 17 Nov. 2020
  • That role long prompted some to see her as a traitor to her people.
    Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The heathen is the enemy, but the heretic is something worse, a traitor.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 11 Feb. 2024
  • As time goes by, you’re now seen as a traitor and mercenary.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2021
  • With the traitor in our midst unmasked and the guardian revealed, the portal to the library began to open.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Wouldn’t a savvy leader like Negan just end a traitor then and there?
    Nick Statt, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Those that represent traitors shall meet the same fate.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Also, one or more of your friends are traitors, determined to kill the rest and leave your corpses in the snow.
    Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 11 Jan. 2019
  • The first traitor to be found out was Big Brother's Dan Gheesling, who was booted in episode six.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Now, the pro-government media refers to him as a traitor.
    USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2017
  • She was recruited as a traitor toward the end of her run.
    Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Angeli posed for photos on the dais and called Pence a traitor, according to the video.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The show sees ‘faithfuls’ sniff out ‘traitors’ in one location via a series of games and showdowns.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • In 1305, Wallace was captured by a Scottish knight and turned over to Edward, who ordered him hanged, drawn and quartered as a traitor.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2024

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