permeating

Example Sentences

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The Fourth Amendment exists, she writes, to protect “the privacies of life” and to guard against “too permeating police surveillance.”

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2026

A second attempt begins at 11:17 p.m., but the crew aborts and declares an emergency when flight attendants report feeling sick due to an unexplained smell permeating the cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Singh was born in 1987 in Jiagang, a small town in West Bengal state, into a household where music was not an aspiration but a daily practice, permeating every aspect of life.

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

In a post on X, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan called it “a key milestone for permeating the U.S. financial system.”

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

The ceiling weighs ten trillion tons; it gives off a permeating cold; it drives his nose into the floor.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr