perversely

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Helen has a bum foot, which Ted, in explaining her absence one day, blames on the cheap, ill-fitting shoes that, he implies, she perversely chooses to wear.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich