5 sentences with 'perversity'

Example sentences and phrases with the word perversity and other words derived from it.

Brief definition: perversity

Deliberate desire to behave in an unreasonable or unacceptable way; stubbornness in doing what is wrong or contrary to what is expected.

Botanists noted the flower’s perversity in blooming only at night despite ample daylight.

Economists warn that the tax system’s perversity often punishes those it was designed to help.

She marveled at the perversity of the storm that arrived just after the outdoor wedding concluded.

The engineer cursed the perversity of the software that crashed whenever he tried to save his work.

During the trial, the judge commented on the juror’s perversity in ignoring the overwhelming evidence.