Example Sentences

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“As a Christian myself, I am deeply appalled that these individuals are perverting our faith to sow division and suppress the histories of others,” Jackson said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Jonathan Chait’s essay in New York magazine on “how the language police are perverting liberalism” has generated a passionate web debate both critical and admiring.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2015

OUANG: Do you not see that you are perverting these poor people?

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire