Example Sentences

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And so with this we’re almost kind of rewriting history and subversively saying, “No, no, we’ve always been here” and reminding people of the dignity and the beauty of that.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

It took me decades to understand that in being themselves on television, they subversively gave me an invaluable gay gift: visibility.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

It’s we who must decide if there will even be generations, a century from now, to look back on our follies, no less thank us for subversively saving our planet for them.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2023

The church came to represent Rus national identity as people turned to Christianity to distinguish themselves from, and perhaps subversively resist, the Mongols.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Starring Dakota Johnson as the “past her prime” heroine Anne Elliot, “Persuasion,” debuting on Netflix on Friday, is still set in Regency-era England but with some distinctly modern flourishes and a subversively comedic voice.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2022