Sentence examples for is subverted from inspiring English sources

I think people like it when horror is subverted".

In any case, he is subverted by the two best artists in the show.

What happens when the good guys don't win or when the rule of law is subverted or made irrelevant?

As political loyalty is rewarded, expertise is subverted, and the line between the party and the state gets blurred.

But the system is subverted by offering very attractive menu items and specials that have a "supplemental charge".

Is there something wrong with you?' " To call this kind of opening subversive would vastly undersell Brandon's novel, because what, really, is subverted by the scene?

But whatever nostalgia might hover around this movie is subverted by its mischievous, inventive and entirely appropriate use of digital special effects.

The music's crescendo is subverted from the vertical to the horizontal as dancers repeatedly pass laterally in black silhouette in front of and behind the screen.

Central banks' attempt to pump in liquidity to stimulate activity is subverted by commercial banks' ability to pump liquidity out by augmenting reserves and refusing to lend.

The chauffeur is the servant but he is, at least while he's driving, in charge, so the whole relationship is subverted".

In "Flight Tails," Martin McMurray's series of small acrylics on board, the military power of aviation is subverted by the possibility of terrorist intervention.