pervades
Example Sentences
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For years, researchers have been documenting the gender bias that pervades the profession.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
The smell of fresh leather goods pervades the air.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025
In a time when contentious terminology pervades public discourse, the astute chronicling and monitoring of language is essential.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025
She sat on the patchy grass and grasped at the sense of melancholy that pervades the Fighting Oligarchy tour.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue?
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
