How to Use perverse in a Sentence
perverse
adjective
- Is this some kind of perverse joke?
- His friends all enjoy his perverse sense of humor.
- She has a perverse fascination with death.
- He seems to take perverse pleasure in making things as difficult as possible.
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At one time, this would have seemed like a perverse joke.
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Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2020
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But the series doesn’t treat death with the perverse glee of a cheesy ’90s hit — at least not yet.
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Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2021
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And isn’t that part of the perverse pleasure of watching?
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Meredith Blake,
Los Angeles Times,
23 May 2021
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Court records also show that over time, the demands in the hoax calls grew more perverse.
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Andrew Wolfson,
The Courier-Journal,
5 May 2022
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In a perverse way, the rise in numbers is just what the Roman lab is looking for.
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Eric J. Lyman,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2020
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The distraught mind has used the body as a perverse canvas, and the book serves as an extension of the artist’s flesh.
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Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
4 Dec. 2020
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This is a perverse idea, and a non-starter in the Legislature.
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Liz Krueger,
New York Daily News,
7 June 2024
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In a perverse and terrible way, Vladimir Putin has done the world a great service.
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William Falk,
The Week,
6 Mar. 2022
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Some of them are doing it out of a perverse desire to make a difference in the world.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
7 July 2022
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The story of the Murdaughs, King says, may be even more perverse than the fictional Prince of Tides.
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Town & Country,
4 Dec. 2022
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In the Realm of the Senses has long been considered one of the most perverse and erotic films to have ever slinked across the screen.
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Deanna Janes,
Harper's BAZAAR,
25 May 2022
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The result is a perverse set of incentives for founders.
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Vauhini Vara,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct. 2020
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That might seem a bit perverse, given all that’s on offer.
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Washington Post,
24 Feb. 2022
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Once a recall makes the ballot, the rules are even more perverse and less democratic.
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Los Angeles Times,
15 Sep. 2021
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Month after month we were shown a grim X-ray of the perverse inequities that had been eating away at the city’s body politic for decades.
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New York Times,
8 June 2021
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This is a perverse, painful way to deal with such a critical issue.
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Apratim Gautam,
Fortune,
4 Nov. 2022
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Getting rid of that set of perverse incentives would be a good idea.
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Ivan Oransky,
Scientific American,
1 Aug. 2023
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But maybe Augustine’s purpose is to cheer us up in a perverse way.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
23 Dec. 2020
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She’s been raised with a perverse set of assumptions about the roles of men and women and the necessity to hide abuse for the good of the order.
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Mark Athitakis,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2020
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In a perverse way, May December is a tribute to the alchemy of screen acting.
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David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Dec. 2023
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The beneficiaries of the study are also, in a perverse way, lucky.
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Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
4 Aug. 2019
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The online ad market is laden with perverse incentives to hide the true value of the assets for sale.
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Gilad Edelman,
Wired,
5 Oct. 2020
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Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin is a concept just perverse enough to work.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
25 May 2024
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But the issue has only become more perverse and rampant in the 20 years since she was rescued.
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Chris Eberhart,
Fox News,
3 Apr. 2023
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Confiscatory laws in some states create perverse incentives for farmers to grow the most water-intensive crops.
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Daniel Depetris,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2024
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Advertisement The perverse playfulness with which Hunter handles even the most grotesque scatological scenes fuels a disturbing yet stellar performance, one that’s far more memorable than the movie as a whole.
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Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Sep. 2024
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