Example Sentences

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“It had perverted what was meant to be a sacred, holiday gathering,” he said, adding that it was painful to learn that the suspect was Asian.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2023

“It had perverted what was meant to be a sacred, holiday gathering in celebration of the new year,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2023

This alone caused a civil war in the late seventh century, as some of their Muslim subjects rose up, claiming that they had perverted the proper line of leadership in the community.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

According to Gruen, “Promoters and speculators who just wanted to make a fast buck” had perverted his vision by ditching the community-oriented features, like libraries and doctors’ offices, that he’d suggested.

From Salon • May 18, 2017

The melancholy doctrine of Malthus had perverted the public mind.

From The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice by Leacock, Stephen