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 ● Aug. 1, 2021
The report says mobile phones "reveal patterns of our daily personal and professional lives and enable penetrative insights into our actions, behaviour, beliefs, and state of mind".
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2020
Above all, alchemists strove to capture the fluid, penetrative properties of ‘mercury’.
From Nature ● Apr. 28, 2020
The skin can be used to test the toxicity or irritation potential of a substance, and the penetrative qualities of active ingredients in products like cosmetics.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2019
May what I have written encourage such criticism and help to make it wise, penetrative, and friendly.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman
