Example Sentences

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The familiar trope sets expectations the film will subvert.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

While Yazidi’s religious authorities have announced that they will subvert their ancient traditions and accept the babies as Yazidis, the matter is further complicated by Baghdad’s law that children must take the paternal religion.

From Fox News • Sep. 11, 2019

From the get-go, then, it’s obvious that “The Sisters Brothers” will subvert typical western spectacle even as it indulges it.

From Washington Post • Sep. 25, 2018

While approving of the legitimate aims of Afrocentrism, many educators, both black and white, are concerned that its excesses will subvert the very goals it seeks to accomplish.

From Time Magazine Archive

This is apparent only; man acts abnormally under evil influences; he will not observe law; he turns upon nature and says he will subvert her laws, and compel her to obey his.

From Bart Ridgeley A Story of Northern Ohio by Riddle, A. G.