Example Sentences
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Penetrated by this thought, I grasped it as a sentenced man grasps a crucifix.
From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
Penetrated with awe and consternation, He desisted from his attempt, and prepared to quit the Sepulchre.
From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)
Penetrated with remorse on this occasion, I sank into the most profound melancholy, and considered myself as the immediate cause of his death.
From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
Penetrated with pity as he was, he felt the presence of Elsmere's pale, silent, unsympathetic wife an oppression.
From Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
Penetrated in all directions by watercourses navigable when the Mississippi was at flood, my "district" was especially exposed, and every little bayou capable of floating a cock-boat called loudly for forts and heavy guns.
From Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Taylor, Richard
