penetrate
Example Sentences
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Those are words that penetrate, ones that recollect certain names and call forth our senses.
From Los Angeles Times
Some of these particles are so small that they can penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream.
From Science Daily
A powerful drill is used to penetrate the frozen ground to bury training anti-tank mines, which were never banned.
From Barron's
True, they can be “led astray,” but their mistakes will be limited and can be corrected through information that can “penetrate the whole mass of the people.”
The weak flashlight beams didn’t penetrate far below the surface, and they sometimes died altogether when their batteries ran out or the boys in the boat fell asleep.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
