penetrative
Example Sentences
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Martin said his side were in control early on, but many would argue otherwise given Genk's quick start and the penetrative runs of Zakaria El Ouahdi, in particular.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2025
Unless there are recurring, penetrative rains in August, the family will sell half of its herd.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Above all, alchemists strove to capture the fluid, penetrative properties of ‘mercury’.
From Nature ● Apr. 28, 2020
It helps that his midfield is less rigid – “I never want it to be absolutely structured” – but Kovacic showed the ability to unlock Hull with a penetrative pass from deep.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2020
Children are like birds of a social and loquacious disposition in their fondness for a set call, a penetrative cry or note, by means of which they can converse at long distances.
From Birds and Man by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson
