Example Sentences

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"We're not talking about being funded by corruptive billionaires, but there are people who are with us and who would like a change."

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2025

Sheridan’s dramas present patriarchal power as protective – a sea change from the Platinum Era prestige themes of power as corruptive.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

"We call this corruptive activity," Hanne Aho, the chairwoman of the Union of Journalists in Finland, told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jan. 31, 2023

For those who don’t believe in the corruptive nature of power, there are approximately 875 Netflix shows illustrating the concept.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Prohibited the attainments of music and dancing, and many of the corruptive amusements of the world, they have ample time for the improvement of the understanding.

From A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 3 by Clarkson, Thomas