But it gave him a perverse kind of pleasure to pour the fine brandy into the small shot glass, and chug it down.

The trouble here is that the VC is now doing a perverse kind of selection.

There is a perverse kind of snobbery at work here.

She may have learned to take a perverse kind of Pleasure from his cruelty.

If done properly, it could breed a perverse kind of trust.

But it is clear that even the most perverse kinds of strictures cannot prevent artists from saying what they feel must be said.

As a result, those at the bottom of the social heap were abandoned in a perverse kind of educational apartheid.

Crude and harsh as Mr. Robertson's words were, he deserved a perverse kind of credit for one thing.

Maybe it is for a visiting hockey team, but at a rock concert, drawing boos qualifies as a perverse kind of achievement.

It's also entertaining in a perverse kind of way.