| 1. | And this perverse Commotion governd thus. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | Judg'd thee perverse the easier conquest no. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 3. | To bear with their perverse objections. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | A propensity to be saucy was one and a perverse will, that indulged children invariably acquire, whether they be good tempered or cross. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 5. | Is there iniquity in my tongue cannot my taste discern perverse thing. - from The King James Bible |
| 6. | Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. - from The King James Bible |
| 7. | Wickham's society was of material service in dispelling the gloom which the late perverse occurrences had thrown on many of the Longbourn family. - from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| 8. | Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. - from The King James Bible |
| 9. | Her eyes, which were grey with a shade of green through them, had a habit of glancing upwards when she spoke with anyone, which made her look like a little perverse madonna. - from Dubliners by James Joyce |