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Example sentences for: subvert

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

Hatch worries that Lee would use his new position to halt any spread of anti-affirmative-action legislation or seek to subvert California's abolition of such practices.
Unable to subvert the machine to his will and conscience, Octavius, together with the BMI, becomes the villainous Dr. Octopus.
How it differs from anti-language is that while it often intends to subvert, it does so by being understood (at least in part) by the world at large.
Do Eastwood's other movies really subvert the whole action genre?
In the depths of the Cold War, many Americans suspected Communists had infiltrated Washington and were about to subvert our democracy.