subversion

Example Sentences

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Mr. Ho, former chairman of the group behind the annual Tiananmen vigil, is in poor health and has pleaded guilty to inciting subversion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

An edgy weirdness runs throughout this slim subversion of a crime novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Perversely, it’s times like these, when subversion and subtlety are required, that creativity flourishes.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

There have been a deluge of examples of this subversion in recent days.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

When the war was over, while Colonel Aureliano Buendía was sneaking about through the narrow trails of permanent subversion, General Moncada was named magistrate of Macondo.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez