Thesaurus results for PERVADED

pervaded

verb

past tense of pervade

as in suffused

to spread throughout the delicious scent of roasting turkey pervaded the house

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Recent Examples of pervaded As usual, that passion for both motorsport and motoring in general pervaded the show lawn, festooned with 218 cars from 14 different nations, all divided into nearly 30 classes. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2026 And creature comforts pervaded—from the in-room Chromecast to the plush bed. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026 Fear over airstrikes on Iran, which pervaded many conversations with locals during the war, has evaporated. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 5 July 2026 Uncertainty pervaded the potential visit, according to the person, with the region on edge over the war in Iran. — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 12 June 2026 And extra-institutional efforts to install public art, murals, and historical markers pervaded all fifty states. — Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026 Shakespeare’s genius is as evident in The Merchant of Venice, which is pervaded by anti-Semitism, as in his other work. — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026 Though outlawed from competition, the technology pervaded the festival in every other way. — Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 23 May 2026 The feeling of pieces that have been worn for years, a manifestation of the secondhand market boom, also pervaded the predictions. — James Manso, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026

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This is a book suffused with beauty, but climate emergency is its undercurrent.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.

— Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of suffused

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The Madlanga Commission, a judicial inquiry set up after a senior police commander alleged last year that criminality and political interference had penetrated the justice system, has now sat for more than 180 days.

— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
There were three bullet impacts against the windshield and side of the Airstream, but none of the rounds penetrated the vehicle, the report said.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of penetrated

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Two years later, politics had permeated our homes, our friendships, our classrooms, our morgues.

— Abdelrahman ElGendy, Time, 6 Oct. 2026
Differences over the war have permeated everything from local political contests to the Costume Institute exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2026

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