as in suffused
to spread throughout
the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house
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Recent Examples of pervaded
The questions were changed repeatedly before the advisers were scheduled to vote Thursday, an echo of some of the confusion that also pervaded previous meetings.
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Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.
—Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Reference to lynchings pervaded the cases arising from the roundup.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Soul remakes of classic hip-hop songs have since pervaded social media.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Labor actions have swept through two of the busiest ports in Northern Europe, further compounding the congestion that has pervaded in the region throughout 2025.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, kabocha likely pervaded other parts of Asia through trade.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
With each pot, cast iron skillet, and cooking utensil, Gilmore exemplified this longstanding tradition in Black life, negotiating her identity in America and resisting the ills of racial segregation that pervaded nearly every aspect of her community.
—Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Reference to lynchings pervaded the cases arising from the roundup.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Soul remakes of classic hip-hop songs have since pervaded social media.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Labor actions have swept through two of the busiest ports in Northern Europe, further compounding the congestion that has pervaded in the region throughout 2025.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
Until very recently, people who have been pregnant or given birth kept the experience to themselves; a sense of secrecy or even shame pervaded the realities of welcoming a child.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
From there, kabocha likely pervaded other parts of Asia through trade.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 19 Sep. 2025
Long before its history of spying on students became widely known, the ADL’s weaponization of victimhood had already pervaded our public schools.
—Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pervaded
Verb
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their toddler, who was watching, went into her bedroom and wailed as her father penetrated her mother.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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Iran’s clerical oligarchs are shaken and still sorting out how their defenses were compromised and their intelligence apparatus penetrated.—
Ray Takeyh,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Dec. 2025
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The smell of dirt, hay and horse manure permeated the building.—
Chris Torres,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Jan. 2026
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Storm says fear permeated daily life.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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