Example sentences for: subversive

How can you use “subversive” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Perhaps quite by accident or perhaps with full subversive intent, a headline over another WP front-page story--about the return of a certain movie killer whale to the high seas--sends an ominous message, though: "A Whale of an Ending for 'Willy'".

  • Suppose I'm willing to pay $20 to read the subversive works of Paul Krugman and you're willing to pay $40 to stop me.

  • A more subversive sort of queen is on display in Velvet Goldmine , Todd Haynes' musical fantasia on the early '70s era of "glam" or "glitter" rock.

  • The editorial calls the Republican attack on federal judges "intellectually incoherent and constitutionally subversive," maintaining that the nominees opposed by Republicans are actually moderates who advocate judicial restraint--exactly the kind of jurists Republicans should support.

  • Would I welcome The Truman Show for what it is--a sharp-witted, visually layered, gorgeously designed, meticulously directed piece of formula pablum--if I hadn't been bludgeoned by pre-emptive raves in Esquire , Time , Entertainment Weekly , and the New York Times that proclaim it some sort of subversive postmodern masterwork?


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