perverted
Example Sentences
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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
Many have commended her for speaking out, and have condemned the "arrogance" of her blackmailer, and his "perverted" behaviour.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023
As the motions passed, one woman exclaimed in the quiet courtroom: "The law is perverted! The law is perverted!"
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2023
“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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.