pervade
verb (used with object)
to become spread throughout all parts of.
are pervading
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present progressiveof pervade.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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You also have such a huge platform and a way to be able to talk to people about issues that are pervading their lives and make them feel better about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
A New York oracle, discoursing lately upon Canadian affairs, concludes that American ideas are pervading that region because the people speak of "baggage" and take the right hand in driving on the road.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
The caste distinctions of Hinduism were the product of a combination between religion and the social organization of the people; can they last when industrialism and democracy are pervading India?
From The Social Principles of Jesus by Walter Rauschenbusch
