perversity

His shrieking reactions to his wife’s savagery throw into relief his good nature and her perversity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026

In written submissions, Christopher Newman, representing Lowe, said the "substantive claim to judicial review alleges procedural unfairness in the processes of ICGS, as well as perversity and illegality".

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026

“He spoke so fast that the amazing perversity of his arguments escaped undetected; what remains of them is a monument of ingenuity and insolence.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“It is embarrassing that an athlete feels comfortable to commit such perversity as if all he achieved through sport will stop him from being punished.”

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

His reputation then fell victim to two nearly calamitous setbacks, one beyond his control and the other the product of his personal flair for perversity.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

They were not civilized intellectuals “milking on their own perversities and brutalities.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

The story of Modigliani’s agonies gives rise to Becker’s own cri de coeur regarding the practical and commercial perversities that are inflicted upon artists.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2018

Doing so would help tackle one of the perversities of the illegal timber trade: An abundance of stolen timber depresses prices, slashes margins and can deter investing in better due diligence of their wood supplies.

From Reuters ● Aug. 19, 2012

Instead, the school seems to be benefitting from many of legal education’s assorted perversities.

From New York Times ● Jul. 16, 2011

De Gourmont is a wise man, who, like Socrates and William James, is not afraid to joke, and some of his perversities are uttered with his ironic tongue in his cheek.

From The Critical Game by John Albert Macy