pervade
verb (used with object)
to become spread throughout all parts of.
will pervade
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future tenseof pervade.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“And I just don’t think it will be controlled. I think it will pervade the culture.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
It’s not clear how much these changes will pervade the broader debate.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2021
That gauze will pervade afternoon concerts of her chamber music Friday and Saturday, but there are darker elements as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2016
These first scenes are an early indication of the kind of roving, hand-held camerawork that will pervade throughout, a needless means of further magnifying an obvious sense of instability.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2012
The critical habit of thought, if usual in a society, will pervade all its mores, because it is a way of taking up the problems of life.
From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by William Graham Sumner
