pervert
verb (used with object)
to affect with perversion.
perverts
Example Sentences
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He also voices his fear that Harvard perverts and contorts young minds.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
“It inverts, or you might say perverts, the assumptions at the very foundation of the justification for the free market,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2024
“If terrorism and violence in the name of dissent cannot be condoned, neither can violence that is officially sanctioned. Such action perverts the legal system that alone assures the survival of our traditions,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2022
And appreciate, too, that while “Selling Kabul” could have ended tragically, it instead offers some morsel of hope to all of its characters, even if it perverts reason to keep that hope alive.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
To read a monologue on one pitch completely perverts its spirit.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry
