was pervading
- past progressive of pervade.
Example Sentences
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“I couldn’t find the knowledge I needed to dispel this sense of unease that was pervading my body,” Cobb told the Edmonton Journal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Last month when the motion of a Sinclair triumph was pervading the final hearings on the plan, Harry Sinclair made one of his stage gestures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Matty felt it from the arm, but he knew, as well, that it was pervading all of Leader’s being.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
What a rebuke were his life and doctrines to the Epicureanism which was pervading all classes of society, and preparing the way for ruin!
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John
He sighed in spite of the happiness which was pervading him; would Lawrence always go on confusing some of the forms of être and avoir?
From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Pier, Arthur Stanwood
