pervade
verb (used with object)
to become spread throughout all parts of.
has pervaded
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present perfectof pervade (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Wanting to leave but feeling trapped in your dynamic is a distinctly human nightmare that has pervaded our species and plagued our ancestors for eons.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2025
AI’s subtle invasion of the real estate industry doesn’t necessarily come as a surprise because the technology has pervaded nearly every profession over the last few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Artificial intelligence has pervaded much of our daily life, whether it’s in the form of scarily believable deepfakes, online news containing “written by AI” taglines or novel tools that could diagnose health conditions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 29, 2023
But, contrary to the bitterness that has pervaded his films about Russia and Ukraine, he is surprisingly optimistic about the present moment.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2022
This tendency has pervaded all the channels of human industry.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman
