Sentence examples for perverse speculation from inspiring English sources

People who live on the edge of society, who eschew our modes of beauty and respectability, tend to draw the eye -- even if just in perverse speculation.

More than half a century ago, in his classic paper on the economics of speculation, Paul Samuelson noted the perverse rewards to knowing stuff just slightly before everyone else.

After the audacious mission that took down the mastermind of 9/11, speculation has been rampant as to whether the perverse legacy of this man -- his "dead hand" -- will continue to control or influence future jihadist terrorist actions.

That should reassure officials whose path to the senior ranks of the party is connected to their ability to enrich their districts (and perhaps themselves) along the way.The perverse incentives the party clings to and the absence of policies to discourage speculation often end up crushing the dreams of would-be home owners.

Very perverse.

The pattern is perverse.

Consider the perverse incentives.

It's perverse.

It's almost perverse.

That would be perverse.

That may seem perverse.