perverted
Example Sentences
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The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mr. Mladenov has offered assurances that none of these provisions will be perverted to keep Hamas in power, and he has a team including a two-star U.S. general working to prevent that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s the culture that’s skewered rather than those who adopt its perverted values.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
We rolled past the neat square of grass with its bright white bandstand, its perverted pulpit, and right on by the For Sale sign planted in front of the Kites’.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
