Example Sentences

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They were no longer erupting in the sort of Niners cheering that had permeated the entire afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024

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

"It's a very 1970s sense of humour," agrees Hewlett, noting how the threat of "nuclear destruction quickly followed by Aids" had permeated the psyches of their generation.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2020

Now it seemed to sink into her skin as thoroughly as it had permeated the fisherman.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer