How to Use subvert in a Sentence

subvert

verb

• They conspired to subvert the government.
• The writers have fun trying to subvert that and play with it.
  — Justine Harman, Glamour, 5 Oct. 2017
• Nash subverts the form of the slasher movie but not the content.
  — A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 31 May 2024
• Or without a need to subvert them, although rappers do that, too.
  — Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
• Then, there were elements that in some way pay an homage, but subvert it a little bit.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022
• Their goal, in other words, was to join the Chinese world, not subvert it.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 June 2020
• Charmed often subverted fairy-tale tropes, so the fairy-tale ending didn't track.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 31 May 2018
• Last year, the struggle ended—or, at least, got subverted.
  — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
• The idea was to subvert the type of music the viewer might associate with her.
  — Lily Moayeri, Variety, 16 June 2022
• Leave it to the Dutch to once again subvert the natural order of things.
  — Chase Purdy, Quartz, 22 July 2019
• The effort to subvert the election was also a warning of things to come.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 20 Jan. 2026
• Language has the power to uplift and transform or break down and subvert.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• Honor the results of our elections, not subvert the will of the people.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Or, rather, the narratives of the war are exactly what the book means to subvert.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2020
• Tariffs, conquests; all are subverted to this man’s ego.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
• Each one of them shocked and thrilled me and subverted my expectations.
  — James Gray, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2023
• The lawsuits stemming from the ban would also subvert due process, Peeples wrote.
  — Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2021
• Who is going to subvert Brennan and Aabria?
  — Nic Juarez, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2025
• Henry manages to subvert her own wisdom.
  — Susan Coll september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
• Agnes Varda subverted the rules as well by walking the red carpet in flats.
  — refinery29.com, 12 May 2018
• Just the latest in Putin’s long campaign to subvert democracy and the rule of law.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2024
• That led her to examine how fragrance could subvert gender and its meaning.
  — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
• The project aims to subvert familiar horror tropes in its take on the cabin-in-the-woods subgenre.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
• And then there was Jackson, who handpicked two coaches and subverted both of them.
  — Harvey Araton, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2018
• But they are built on improving, rather than subverting, what players expect from a genre.
  — G Kirilloff, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• In state after state, new laws have been passed, not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert entire elections.
  — Detroit Free Press, 2 Mar. 2022
• Experts say the the duo will likely both embrace and subvert traditions.
  — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 10 May 2018
• Brooks’ handle on the genre is obvious, and so too is her ability to subvert it, poke fun at it, send it up in style.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 23 July 2025
• On the one hand, he has been accused of possibly subverting the rules to give his team an advantage over theirs.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
• The powers of secretaries of state to subvert elections vary from state to state and are largely untested in court.
  — New York Times, 30 Jan. 2022