as in to suffuse
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of pervade
There is certainly a layer of ick that pervades this often gleeful depiction of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik, and the media circus that followed.
—
Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
Job insecurity pervades the industry, with 87% of workers describing their employment as unstable.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Since then, loss has seemed to him to pervade more and more of the world—in the form of extinctions and environmental crises, the lingering effects of the pandemic, and the devastation of the war in Gaza.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
The light from the rhinestones and diamond jewelry pervaded the tub.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for pervade
Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
Job insecurity pervades the industry, with 87% of workers describing their employment as unstable.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
Since then, loss has seemed to him to pervade more and more of the world—in the form of extinctions and environmental crises, the lingering effects of the pandemic, and the devastation of the war in Gaza.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
The light from the rhinestones and diamond jewelry pervaded the tub.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
See All Example Sentences for pervade
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervade
Verb
-
His narration is a constant pleasure — mournful, wry, and suffused with a world-weary poetry.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
31 Aug. 2025
-
Does that ideal suffuse your work?—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
-
Later on, water may have penetrated through cracks in the rock, depositing minerals to create the calcium sulfate veins and leopard spots.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
-
Fewer GCRs penetrating to earth’s atmosphere would mean fewer clouds to reflect heat and thus more global warming.—
Ian Dexter Palmer,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The parents of an older girl named Sarah Summers—the very name still carries a shiver of excitement—gave me her old clothes from time to time, in washed, folded stacks that were permeated with a middle-class laundry fragrance, the smell of another world, better than my own.—
Rachel Kushner,
New Yorker,
14 Sep. 2025
-
Songs from The Avett Brothers’ catalog permeate the nearly 90-minute one-act show, which has a run-time decidedly on the short end for productions of its ilk.—
Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Pervade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pervade. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share