- present tense form of penetrate (3rd person singular).
penetrates
Example Sentences
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"Red light penetrates tissues quite well," Kozorovitskiy said.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2025
It’s rare anything penetrates the preternatural calm with which Watkins plays, but it was clear the superstar sophomore was pressing, in the throes of her worst slump yet at USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2025
By being forced to conceal their feminist values, she argues women are being stripped of their ability to fight against gender inequality, which penetrates workplaces, politics and public life.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
One study, conducted on participants who did a series of squats designed to make their quadriceps sore, suggested that moist heat penetrates deeper into tissue faster and works more quickly than dry heat.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
But the blaze penetrates the room, lighting it up in stripes: Toukhie’s panicked eyes; Anita’s forehead, wrapped with a silver ribbon like Clara Bow’s in Photoplay; Rose’s bare neck; Stepan’s and Karekin’s dark, downcast heads.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
