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

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

Canaletti's pictures of Venetian buildings and canals strike us as cold, tame, and mechanical, accustomed as we are to the magic of Turner's palette and the penetrative force of his imagination.

From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second by Gozzi, Count Carlo