perverted
Example Sentences
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The movie projects contempt for the dense from its first frame, sharing a montage of recent pop culture as a stentorian narrator worries that modern conveniences have perverted the concept of survival of the fittest.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Mr. Mladenov has offered assurances that none of these provisions will be perverted to keep Hamas in power, and he has a team including a two-star U.S. general working to prevent that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The officer is alleged to have perverted the course of justice, but police said no arrests had been made.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
It’s the culture that’s skewered rather than those who adopt its perverted values.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025
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
