pervades

Example Sentences

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For years, researchers have been documenting the gender bias that pervades the profession.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

Behind this though was another anxiety, one that pervades Cambodian history: that of being a smaller country surrounded by more powerful neighbours.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2025

She sat on the patchy grass and grasped at the sense of melancholy that pervades the Fighting Oligarchy tour.

From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025

How can I make you see it, this strange harsh light which pervades Homer’s landscapes and illumines the dialogues of Plato, an alien light, inarticulable in our common tongue?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt