Example Sentences

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It’s rare anything penetrates the preternatural calm with which Watkins plays, but it was clear the superstar sophomore was pressing, in the throes of her worst slump yet at USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2025

Light barely penetrates a few meters below the surface, so satellites cannot see deeper seagrass patches.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 26, 2024

UV radiation is emitted by the Sun and penetrates the Earth's atmosphere.

From BBC • Jul. 19, 2024

Growlers emit noise that is intense, with rumbling low-frequency energy that penetrates windows, shakes walls and can elicit more severe responses than civil aviation.

From Seattle Times • May 9, 2024

The wind penetrates to the bone marrow, and hands freeze to the metal.”

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein