perversely

Example Sentences

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So maybe it’s perversely apt that the Broadway revival of the musical “Chess” should feel eye-glazingly interminable, despite a cast of thrillingly good singers in top form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

But perversely, Bird says, the regulatory focus on banks has led to even more money being lent against land, because it is perceived as safe.

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025

They were followed perversely by torrential rains in 1861, which drowned hundreds of head.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

He said that, perversely, finding the money was the easy part.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2025

I found myself unconsciously urging the spacecraft at least to stand on its tiptoes, as if this laboratory, designed for immobility, were perversely refusing to manage even a little hop.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan