Sentences with inversion
in·ver·sion
I i - ...a scandalous inversion of the truth. [+ of]
- An inversion of their previous relationship
- Griggs has achieved an ingenious inversion of what normally happens.
- The author practises a double inversion, overturning received opinion about historical actors.
- (with an auxiliary verb) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Is she here?' — 'is', the predicate, is before 'she', the subject. (for the purpose of emphasis) Inversion takes place in the sentence 'Never have I done that. ' — 'have', the predicate, is before 'I', the subject, due to 'never' being the first word of the sentence.
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- The Office on NBC and its many mockumentary successors are a comic inversion of the reality show stream-of-consciousness conceit.
- Uncensored, is a not-suitable-for-children show from Jim Henson's company, which is an immediate inversion of audience expectations.