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

"A man with the perverted and extremely dangerous views you hold should never be employed in the responsible position of a prison officer," he said.

From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023

The light, his head, and the wall, he thought, as though he were an initiate or some perverted eclipse created without the consent of nature.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy