pervert

Example Sentences

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Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.

From The Wall Street Journal

Intensifying competition, shifting capital flows, changing alliances, and rising hostilities between superpowers were perverting typical economic and market behaviors.

From Barron's

Intensifying competition, shifting capital flows, changing alliances, and rising hostilities between superpowers were perverting typical economic and market behaviors.

From Barron's

Two others were sentenced alongside Hunter after previously pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice.

From BBC

The rules—or lack thereof—around these blacklists don’t serve justice but pervert it.

From The Wall Street Journal