Sentence examples for perverse thrill from inspiring English sources

They seem to get a perverse thrill from mortifying you.

Feel that perverse thrill of weightlessness as you flip the power dynamic in his favor.

Most competitive reality shows appeal to the perverse thrill of watching ordinary people fail.

And to some, the perverse thrill of watching buildings evacuated and hazardous materials teams rushing to do their work appears to be worth the potential price.

Some of her pleasures take real guts to defend, such as "Driving Beltless," or the entry for "Disasters," in which she argues for the perverse thrill we feel at witnessing the action and aftermath of tornadoes, floods, or explosions.

You can almost imagine drug authorities getting a perverse thrill from the prospect of a new type of adversary, a new breed of law-breaker to add colour to a picture that is mostly taken up by ultra-violent cartels.

Meanwhile, Californian superstar John Baldessari demonstrates with prints of bewildered crowds, separated by his paint, that he remains the grand master of urban anxiety's perverse thrills.

Nabokov's lush language in "Lolita" seduces with a perverse aesthetic thrill.

Feeling perverse and thrilled by the kisses I'd exchanged in the mud beneath the tree, I meandered into the web of celebrants.

In a crazy, perverse way it is secretly thrilling.

Many of the artists here attempt to revive the thrill of disorientation through an almost perverse cut-and-paste awkwardness.