Example Sentences
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“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
To me, it was a little glimpse into the way that the attention economy perverts these stories.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2024
Fundamentally that character’s story is not one of redemption but pity for the smaller beings that corruption perverts and crushes in its quest for dominance.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2023
“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
Poor old gentleman! like many of his party, his prejudice perverts his true and generous heart.
From Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion by Tucker, St. George
