- present tense form of pervade (3rd person singular).
pervades
Example Sentences
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Months after it was announced that the surge of immigration agents in Minnesota was coming to an end, fear still pervades parts of the US state.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Hegel was a metaphysician whose insistence that Geist, or spirit, pervades the historical process and moves it to some grand culmination is difficult to distinguish from New Age mysticism, and hence charlatanism.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2026
Such skittishness pervades every step of the off-site development process, said Apoorva Pasricha, chief operation officer at Cloud Apartments, a San Francisco-based start-up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
But an air of sadness pervades the grand staircases and halls of the Rand Club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
A foul, rotten taste pervades my mouth, and the water has little effect on it.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
