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
“Because I honestly don’t want to. Besides, you ought to get a date. It will look perverted and I can’t dance.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
