perversely

Example Sentences

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She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Leavened by dark humor, “Blood Ties” is breathtaking in conception and execution, with a perversely pastoral finale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

It’s actually quite problematic that some perversely rich guys meddle in our affairs in their own way.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

The 60-year-old said he felt "perversely lucky" since the parents involved had passed away, sparing him "difficult conversations".

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

In the darkness their feet felt that they were going downhill, and each privately and perversely accused the other of taking, deliberately, a path they had followed together once before in happiness.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson