Example Sentences

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Activist investors have pervaded few industries as much as North American railroads.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

Such beliefs have pervaded American culture and media for centuries.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2021

"We want to do anything we can to tone down the cameras and the circus-like atmosphere that have pervaded this case," the attorney said.

From Fox News • Jun. 7, 2021

“Feelings of resentment and deprivation have pervaded a lot of these places,” Swenson said.

From Reuters • Oct. 9, 2017

A delicate sense of the incongruous seems to have pervaded him; he is at his whimsical best when he sees himself in a ridiculous light.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense