1
But I had not told her what I had out of sheer perverseness.
2
People in our position are not a very cheerful class, I'm afraid; but still they don't seek out worries from sheer perverseness.
3
She studied me for a moment, and I thought perhaps she was going to tell me "no" out of sheer perverseness.
4
In desperation she began to talk, and out of sheer perverseness she lighted upon the subject of the establishment of Hoskin & Marl.
5
People in our position are not a very cheerful class, I am afraid; but still they don't seek out worries from sheer perverseness.
6
But Marius, either from sheer perverseness, or because he did not share her enthusiasm, made answer: "I have faith in Gilles."