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

We weren’t going to get out of here without a Scandinavian mystery, and this one has the benefit of a strong female-led cast and an emphasis on human frailty rather than gritty perversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou

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

Every difference between parent and child is somehow assumed to be rooted in and ascribable to the inherent perversities of the parental-filial relation.

From Child Versus Parent Some Chapters on the Irrepressible Conflict in the Home by Stephen Wise