perversely

Example Sentences

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In Guillermo Cienfuegos’ enlivening, if at times unsteady, production at A Noise Within, the role is played by Ann Noble, who forgoes the outdated hunchback but adopts a seething, slithering, perversely seductive aura of menace.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

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

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

He thought he should write them in Chinese, then translate them, but when he sat down, he perversely found that he wanted to compose in English.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen