Example sentences for: transgressive

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

  • The thing about growing up the son of two New York intellectuals is that reading trashy fiction somehow seems worse--more of a "transgressive act," as some of my academic colleagues would put it--than many other minor crimes and misdemeanors (even more than using the word "hopefully" incorrectly).

  • Today, plant breeders can analyze populations derived from wide crosses using molecular markers to determine which portions of the chromosomes are associated with the transgressive variation of interest.

  • Dissenters find the novel's transgressive bent a touch stale, but the pack praises it.

  • This phenomenon is known as transgressive variation and results from positive interaction between the genotypes of the parents.

  • A profile of comedy icon Richard Pryor salutes his transgressive artistry.


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