The perception of a comic is a tie of sympathy with other men, a pledge of sanity, and a protection from those perverse tendencies and gloomy insanities in which fine intellects sometimes lose themselves. From LearnThat.org. [Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)]
The pride of men endangers their liberty; the strife of tongues in perverse disputings endangers truth. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Maybe it is because I love this town so much, I don't see the lifestyle as "perverse" - to me, it is normality. From Wordnik.com. [All articles at Blogcritics] Reference
Took perverse satisfaction in foiling her plans. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
It gives the whole story a certain perverse angle. From Wordnik.com. [Eden Robinson] Reference
And just how schizophrenic and perverse is our culture?. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Your beautifully inspiring story of the day] Reference
There's a certain perverse pleasure in having Iraq become Lieberman's fault. From Wordnik.com. [12/10/2005] Reference
It had a certain perverse logic that you could see Goran got and, perhaps deep down, appreciated. From Wordnik.com. [Shocked : Bev Vincent] Reference
What's even more perverse is the implication that just because someone is a Muslim they are somehow an enemy of the state. From Wordnik.com. [December 2006] Reference
As the quote from Bacon in my epigraph indicates the perverse is threatening because it deviates from the principle of hierarchy — for. From Wordnik.com. [The State of Things: Olaudah Equiano and the Volatile Politics of Heterocosmic Desire] Reference
She has been called perverse and obstinate by many of her Readers. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks on Clarissa (1749)] Reference
I think the answer lies in what economists call perverse incentives. From Wordnik.com. [Christ the King, freedom, and divorce] Reference
CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Lou, it's been called a perverse use of taxpayer money. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 23, 2005] Reference
KING: Do you -- this is kind of perverse, I guess. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: A Look Back at Mark David Chapman in His Own Words - September 30, 2000] Reference
What kind of perverse sick person are you Lionheart. From Wordnik.com. [Dunstable - Death threat & the Al Qaeda connection] Reference
I don't know, "perverse" might be going a little too far. From Wordnik.com. [Bono On Bono]
It has bestowed a kind of perverse legitimacy on the birthers. From Wordnik.com. [Earl Ofari Hutchinson: The GOP's Birthers Con Game] Reference
Everything else at least fit together, made a kind of perverse sense. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Games] Reference
However, I agree his analogy with the Jews of Hitler Germany is 'perverse'. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Could terrorism sometimes reflect a kind of perverse post-traumatic evolution?. From Wordnik.com. [Why does terrorism fascinate me? Because of the terror in my past.] Reference
Calling this "perverse" is a good first step, but the lie here deserves much, much more. From Wordnik.com. ["Like Kafka's 'Metamorphosis' in reverse, the giant, hideous beetle that was the GOP has suddenly been reborn as a vigorous youth...."] Reference
Many subsidies are "perverse" in that they are harmful to both the economy and the environment. From Wordnik.com. [Perverse subsidies] Reference
Turn on the TV when I was fifteen and there's the president, some kind of perverse fount of lies. From Wordnik.com. [Made Love, Got War] Reference
Did he have some kind of perverse sense that led him to companies teetering on the brink of failure?. From Wordnik.com. [The Manuscript] Reference
This kind of perverse resurrection is what happens with a powerful chemical lobby and an unknowing public. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Dulken: Al Meyerhoff and the Chemistry of Life and Death] Reference
And I think this will be to a certain kind of perverse sense, a bit of a relief to have this part behind them. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2005] Reference
And certainly I don't know what kind of perverse people are doing this, but this is -- for them it's very serious. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 13, 2008] Reference
Doctors accepting "perverse" incentives to use particular private hospitals could face disciplinary action, the Interim. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And I think it's kind of perverse to somehow turn around and say that the food drops are somehow a cause for the aggression. From Wordnik.com. [Pm Press Briefing By George Stephanopoulos] Reference
So one would need to rule out, was this some type of kind of perverse answer for a family that was really depressed and struggling?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 31, 2008] Reference
Maybe this is the same kind of perverse, misguided "good soldier" ethic that got him to go to the U.N. when he should have said no. From Wordnik.com. [Chuck Hagel: "An Obama-Biden Ticket Is A Very Impressive And Strong Team"] Reference
While it is misguided to focus solely on current account imbalances, there is a certain kind of perverse logic behind his thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Auerback: The G20 Currency Accord Collapses Under the Weight of Its Own Contradictions] Reference
As The Boston Globe told it, Romney condemned homosexuality as "perverse" and "reprehensible" at a local Mormon gathering last fall. From Wordnik.com. [See Teddy Run Scared] Reference
More; he irritated it, with a kind of perverse pleasure akin to that which a sick man sometimes has in irritating a wound upon his body. From Wordnik.com. [Our Mutual Friend] Reference
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