How to Use subversion in a Sentence

subversion

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  • In a way this film is a reaction to, or a subversion of that.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
  • But the other thing that is really cool is the subversion of that idea.
    — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The purity of art as a way of life, as a way of creating a world around you, and as a means of subversion.
    — Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2020
  • That’s where the next layer of electoral subversion comes in.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
  • The Crown, like the sitcoms, engages in subtle acts of genre subversion.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2020
  • But a lot of it was subversion, trying to set up expectations of what should the present day Asian tong be like?
    — Caroline Brew, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The phone number is a hotline for reporting subversion to the MSS.
    — Haruka Sakaguchi, ProPublica, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Of course, there's still plenty of subversion going on.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 16 Aug. 2022
  • There are a couple of instances of subversion, moments when Your Place or Mine winks and pokes fun at itself.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Now, the six former members of the startup reached a settlement with the Premier League for their subversion.
    — Christian Ortega, USA TODAY, 10 June 2021
  • No, there’s an edge of hostility or subversion to irony which isn’t present in the kind of pantomime atmosphere on the Last Night.
    — John O'Sullivan, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The Birmingham via Huntsville duo wraps fire-bomb subversion in radio-kiss melody and whoa-dude raw-power.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2020
  • He was later convicted of subversion and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
    — Matthew Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Willis has set a deadline of noon on Friday for the people indicted last week in the election subversion case to turn themselves in.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The subversion comes from the direction Tindle wanted to take this story.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
  • That alertness has just as much to do with subversion as celebration, if not more.
    — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
  • However, Yarovesky insists that the prospect of another Brightburn-style subversion isn’t what drew him to the project.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021
  • But Thompson has noted how even kitsch and subversion has become cliché.
    — CNN, 7 May 2021
  • No law can completely stop the risk of subversion after an election.
    — Derek T. Muller, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
  • Bombshell beauty was on the menu this week, with looks defined by bold details born of confidence and subversion.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 June 2023
  • In August, a woman was charged with threatening to kill Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversees the 2020 election subversion case.
    — Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The playwright, performance artist, and sprite Taylor Mac (above) does holiday cheer with a twist of subversion.
    — The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2020
  • There are jokes that attempt genre subversion on the most superficial of levels.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Outkast’s Stankonia cover featured a black-and-white flag as a symbol of subversion.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Trump hired Sadow to represent him in the Georgia election subversion case.
    — Richard Lardner, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Because these are agents that were critical to his sustained campaign of subversion against us.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2020
  • The law makes secession, subversion, terrorism and colluding with foreign forces a crime in the city.
    — Natasha Khan, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2021
  • Chrétien would call these demands a subversion of listening and speech.
    — Victoria Marshall, National Review, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Smith’s filing is not only relevant to his 2020 election subversion case against Trump but will likely affect the next and future presidents of the United States.
    — Jennifer Selin, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Subtle subversions of mundanity seemed to be the intention.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 1 Oct. 2024

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