perversely

Example Sentences

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Aggrievement and isolation, perversely enough, became the glue that holds the community together.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2025

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

However The Room, made by "bad film auteur" Tommy Wiseau, is awarded a relatively respectable 24% on Rotten Tomatoes because it is deemed perversely enjoyable.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

I fancied that a malevolent Rumpelstiltskin crept into my room at night and undid my best work, turning the gold of my efforts into pathetic dross on a wheel perversely spinning backward.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly