perversity
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The British Chamber of Commerce's president, Andy Haldane, told the BBC: "The perversity of what happened of the weekend was that those who got good deals, the allies, have been most disadvantaged."
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 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
Beyond the gross-out close-ups of puckering organs, what is most striking here is a rare cinematic quality nowadays: perversity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2022
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
They were not civilized intellectuals “milking on their own perversities and brutalities.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
To an unusual extent, his rise and fall also spoke to the peculiar warps and perversities of that era.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2017
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
They both looked round wondering what the Zankiwank meant by his strange perversities, but could not see anyone.
From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair
Vocabulary lists containing perversity
Kindred
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The Age of Innocence
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The Chosen
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