permeate
verb (used with object)
to pass into or through every part of.
had permeated
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past perfectof permeate.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Yousaf, who became Scotland's first Asian and Muslim first minister in 2023, said "intolerance" had permeated both the public and political space.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
Sophia Rochia, a local business owner, said fear for pet safety had permeated the community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2025
The war also brought into question the notions of superiority that had permeated Western civilization.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
There was a very Gringlish way of speaking, where the Greek had permeated into the Canadian and the Canadian had permeated into the Greek.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2021
In 1966, when I was nine, black power had permeated every element of my neighborhood in St. Albans, Queens.
From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride
