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

Once he fancied he caught a gleam of stars; and it seemed that a stillness was pervading the air as the whistle of the wind died into melancholy murmurings.

From Ralph Granger's Fortunes by Brown, William Perry

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 Gary, James