perversity

The British Chamber of Commerce's president, Andy Haldane, told the BBC: "The perversity of what happened of the weekend was that those who got good deals, the allies, have been most disadvantaged."

From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2026

“He spoke so fast that the amazing perversity of his arguments escaped undetected; what remains of them is a monument of ingenuity and insolence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“It is embarrassing that an athlete feels comfortable to commit such perversity as if all he achieved through sport will stop him from being punished.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Cozy mysteries give you the benefits of more uncomfortable mysteries — the suspense, the puzzles — without the gore, the sensationalism, the foregrounded perversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022

His reputation then fell victim to two nearly calamitous setbacks, one beyond his control and the other the product of his personal flair for perversity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

They were not civilized intellectuals “milking on their own perversities and brutalities.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

To an unusual extent, his rise and fall also spoke to the peculiar warps and perversities of that era.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2017

Doing so would help tackle one of the perversities of the illegal timber trade: An abundance of stolen timber depresses prices, slashes margins and can deter investing in better due diligence of their wood supplies.

From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2012

Ireland's record in Cardiff since they won the triple crown in the Welsh capital in 1985 is one of international rugby's perversities: nine victories, one draw and one defeat, in 2005.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 11, 2011

As a journalist she had strange perversities and profundities.

From The Creators A Comedy by May Sinclair