pervades

Example Sentences

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The smell of fresh leather goods pervades the air.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

But an air of sadness pervades the grand staircases and halls of the Rand Club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

And while Knox has the carefully chosen words of a practiced public speaker, Van Patten has a chillness that pervades.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025

Yet in the erasure of history, in the paralyzing censorship that pervades many parts of the world, we risk forgetting the lessons of the past.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025

Though he settled in France, the quality that most pervades Chopin’s style is homesickness for his native Poland.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall