permeate
verb (used with object)
to pass into or through every part of.
was permeating
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past progressiveof permeate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But as we kept at it, all I could think about was the sweet, sweet smell of urea that was permeating my sheets.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
No matter doubt was permeating Scotland’s every move, something only exacerbated when Parris nutmegged poor Docherty.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2019
An unusual excitement was permeating his being; he could not account for how or why.
From The Reason Why by Elinor Glyn
The same spirit was permeating the Democrats; only the hide-bound Regular Republicans appeared not to notice that a new day had dawned.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by William Roscoe Thayer
Sinkings had reached an alarming height: a spirit almost of fatalism was permeating the sea-actions of some of our Service.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
