How to Use subversion in a Sentence

subversion

noun

• In a way this film is a reaction to, or a subversion of that.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 18 Feb. 2023
• But apart from how electric her music is, her brand is bad-girl subversion.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Jan. 2026
• Too bad, because some wry subversion would be welcome right now.
  — Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 11 July 2019
• But there's something about Beck's brand of subversion that leaves me cold.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 5 May 2018
• That’s where the next layer of electoral subversion comes in.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
• But the other thing that is really cool is the subversion of that idea.
  — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2022
• Making space for subversion and resistance is at the core of what this band is about.
  — Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
• That would be grounds in North Korea for a subversion charge.
  — Matthew Lee, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
• That alertness has just as much to do with subversion as celebration, if not more.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• The purity of art as a way of life, as a way of creating a world around you, and as a means of subversion.
  — Elizabeth Isadora Gold, Longreads, 2 Oct. 2020
• No law can completely stop the risk of subversion after an election.
  — Derek T. Muller, The Conversation, 10 June 2024
• But Thompson has noted how even kitsch and subversion has become cliché.
  — CNN, 7 May 2021
• Such subversions can be seen as the story pivots from one twist to another and one surprise to the next.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
• The Crown, like the sitcoms, engages in subtle acts of genre subversion.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Dec. 2020
• No, this is the subversion of the ability to pay attention on a species-wide level.
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
• Instead, when the case reached federal court, the court refused to be used as a tool for election subversion.
  — Sean Morales-Doyle, Time, 21 May 2025
• But Boygenius might be even more of a subversion of genius than gender.
  — Bridget Read, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2018
• But a lot of it was subversion, trying to set up expectations of what should the present day Asian tong be like?
  — Caroline Brew, Variety, 4 Nov. 2023
• He had been sentenced to 11 years in prison on charges of inciting subversion of state power.
  — Deutsche Welle, USA TODAY, 10 July 2018
• He was later convicted of subversion and was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
  — Matthew Lee, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2021
• In a culture obsessed with more, Dekáf’s restraint reads like subversion.
  — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
• How would the subversion of November’s election take place?
  — Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 1 May 2026
• Bombshell beauty was on the menu this week, with looks defined by bold details born of confidence and subversion.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 18 June 2023
• What is Chesebro accused of doing in the election subversion case?
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
• How would subversion of November’s election take place?
  — Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• From the attic above their apartment, their Stasi man listens for evidence of subversion.
  — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
• And because of that canon, Tapert and Raimi are there to ensure that any subversions don’t go too far astray.
  — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• The Birmingham via Huntsville duo wraps fire-bomb subversion in radio-kiss melody and whoa-dude raw-power.
  — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2020
• The subversion comes from the direction Tindle wanted to take this story.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 2 Aug. 2022
• For Lin, part of her goal in posting her surveillance selfies was a winking subversion of the all-seeing state.
  — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 18 July 2026