perversion
Example Sentences
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The French psychodrama “Madeleine Collins” feels like a domesticated version of a Hitchcock movie, with all the frenzied longing and perversion leashed up and reined in.
From New York Times
The former president has always used wealth and connections to skirt accountability — that’s the real perversion of justice.
From Los Angeles Times
In April, protesters disrupted one of her readings, at the Sherman Oaks Martin Pollard Branch Library, with screams of “perversion” and “abomination.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Do we really want perversions that lead to degradation and extinction to be imposed in our schools from the primary grades?”
From Seattle Times
“However, at what cost? Is feigning success in one area, by violation of the Constitution and a perversion of the laws of our country, is that worth it? No, I don’t think it is.”
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.