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

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

From Slate • Nov. 19, 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

They were followed perversely by torrential rains in 1861, which drowned hundreds of head.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

I found myself unconsciously urging the spacecraft at least to stand on its tiptoes, as if this laboratory, designed for immobility, were perversely refusing to manage even a little hop.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan