perverted

Example Sentences

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Reprehensible such people may be, but they are motivated by a kind of perverted idealism.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2025

Corker also perverted another protest slogan into an attack on workers by declaring, “the whole world is watching.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

“That states do have the power to further their own agendas in very perverted ways.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024

Mahito is soon sucked into an alternate universe where the ills of the human world are on full display but perverted into greater absurdity.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2024

“She perverted our Arcanum Elixir of Light and found a way to strip Marvellers of their gifts.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton