penetrative
Example Sentences
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Unless there are recurring, penetrative rains in August, the family will sell half of its herd.
From Los Angeles Times
The wounds were "penetrative and clean", and caused by a sharp article such as a knife, he added.
From BBC
Last season, inconsistent as he was, he remained United’s most penetrative player.
From The Guardian
Clare Carlisle, in her sparkling, penetrative new biography, “Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard,” explains how Kierkegaard ran against the philosophical grain of his time.
From Washington Post
When you first meet Benoit, he is sitting in an armchair, a nod to a genre staple and some teasing misdirection: He is, you soon appreciate, a hands-on sleuth if not an especially penetrative one.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
