perverse - use in sentences

Modifying Another Word

  • wilfully: From psychedelic folk to space prog The Beta Band, made some of the most intriguing, yet wilfully perverse music of the รข90s.
  • utterly: As Dr. Nicholas Hammond, lecturer in French at Cambridge University says: " Making languages not compulsory is utterly perverse.
  • somewhat: That would seem to be a somewhat perverse justification.
  • almost: Collins's process is one of almost perverse fixation.
  • rather: I make a strong argument in my book for the rather perverse aspect to this.
  • slightly: As tho they were taking part in a sort of erotic but slightly perverse sexual ritual.

Infinitive complement

  • put: Anyone able to plan a series of ski trips would be perverse not to put their favorite resorts on the itinerary.
  • say: Tho it is perverse to say it, Bearden should be credited for directing attention to this odd situation.
  • do: If it is unreasonable to believe without reason then it is perverse to do so.
  • suggest: It is perverse to suggest that dinosaurs were still evolving into birds when birds were already present.

Modifies a noun

  • incentive: The perverse incentives in the current system will be removed.
  • subsidy: The Chancellor should act now to cut or redirect these perverse subsidies " .
  • irony: In a perverse irony, the reverse is equally true.
  • verdict: There should be a right for the prosecution and defense to appeal against perverse jury verdicts.
  • pleasure: Monday 12th June 2006 You could derive perverse pleasure from watching others running around trying to meet your demands.
  • pride: It is possible to take a perverse pride in being unaware of its immediate context at the time of release.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: It may seem perverse to teach " wrong " ideas.
  • sound: Vi for Squeak - it sounds perverse, but I've had a lot more fun with Squeak since I installed this.
  • become: The simple becomes cunning, The good becomes perverse.
  • feel: There is no answer, except that we feel perverse, using the word with no comprehension of the principle.

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