pervade
verb (used with object)
to become spread throughout all parts of.
was pervading
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past progressiveof pervade.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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“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
Ned Packed His Suitcase Immersed in his work, he at first paid but little attention to a peculiar odor that gradually was pervading the atmosphere.
From Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope by James Gary
His charity, in the best sense of that word, was pervading.
From Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln by Isacc Newton Arnold
