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Example sentences for "pervasive"

Lexicographically close words:
pervade; pervaded; pervades; pervadeth; pervading; perverse; perversely; perverseness; perversion; perversions
  1. When I felt frustrated by the constraints which resulted from my cancer, I encountered no pervasive or continual anger.

  2. Destiny Though autumn weaves its image With an all-pervasive air, Encompassing one's senses in its splash of brilliant color and the rustling of the leaves.

  3. In such areas a rotten stench ruled over the otherwise pervasive fumes of car exhausts, creating what seemed a playground for the generation of a killing plague.

  4. Knowing that we would soon be wrapped in our own blankets improved my spirits to a great degree, despite haphazard retching sprees and pervasive weakness.

  5. The pervasive sadness which can strike when one grasps the reality of illness does not endure forever, unless in self-pity, one allows himself to be drawn into such an utterly oppressive mental state.

  6. There are no more bouts of pervasive anger, fear, or depression; when these emotions do occur, they rapidly pass as do the tides of emotion in the healthiest of people.

  7. A pervasive presentation of pleasure must give warmth and ideality to the whole.

  8. So profound and, especially in woman, so pervasive an influence does this function exert, that we should betray an entirely unreal view of human nature if we did not inquire into the relations of sex with our aesthetic susceptibility.

  9. Corruption is a symptom of an all-pervasive sense of helplessness.

  10. In a way, all-pervasive corruption is transparent and, thus, a form of taxation.

  11. A pervasive stillness settled upon Shadrach; outside the sunlight lay on the hills in a thick, yellow veil; the cool interior held only the familiar crepitation of the old clock above.

  12. Her mood rapidly changed, and she complained of the eternal, pervasive fall of the forge hammer.

  13. Were the fact of Progress established and conclusively shown to be all-pervasive and eternal, it still would bear to us the aspect of a paternal government which did good to and for us, but all the more left less and less to ourselves.

  14. This pervasive doubt finds its noblest and deepest expression in some lines spoken by Orlando just before engaging in the fight at Roncesvalles (xxvi.

  15. A dash of Italian merriment mingles with his enthusiasm; but he has none of Pulci's skeptical satiric humor, none of Ariosto's all-pervasive irony.

  16. Against these brilliant galaxies and the diffused, pervasive effulgence of countless further bodies the forehead of the Sphinx outlined itself in desolate and stubborn majesty.

  17. This seemed but part of the all-pervasive magic of this strange afternoon.

  18. To him it appeared not unfit shrine for the worship of that same all-pervasive spirit of mystery, not unfit spot for the revelation of that same glad, yet cunningly elusive secret, of which he suffered the so fond obsession.

  19. The story of that funeral was going with the pervasive swiftness of wind throughout the country-side.

  20. There was, in the air, a pervasive holiday spirit.

  21. Our excursions, since extended, are here given as an example of the knitting value of a pervasive rule kept constantly in mind.

  22. It is probable that a slight pervasive liquidity gave success to the experiment.

  23. The pervasive light without dissipated in some degree the gloom within the grotto; a sort of gray visibility was on the appurtenances and the figures about the still, not strong enough to suggest color, but giving contour.

  24. His dumb lips moved mechanically in response, but any sound must needs have been futile indeed in the pervasive roar of the waters.

  25. Water is so all-pervasive that it is more or less taken for granted; and so many and so intricate are its relations that it is not easy to make an objective survey of the water problem in its relation to geology.

  26. It not only had attraction for its own material substance, but sent out an all-pervasive attraction into space.

  27. Organic materials are pervasive enough in the upper estuary that during periods of even normal flow their decay pulls oxygen levels down.

  28. We are compelled to acknowledge an infinite immanent Deity behind phenomena, but manifested to us on the outside as an all-pervasive energy.

  29. But some portion of this all-pervasive energy again individuates itself more and more, and therefore acquires more and more a kind of independent self-activity which reaches its completeness in man as self-consciousness and free-will.

  30. Mariana smiled that radiating, indescribable smile which dawned gradually from within, deepening until it burst into pervasive wealth of charm.

  31. He removed the cork of the bottle, inhaling a pungent and pervasive odor of bitter almonds.

  32. The flirting itself, such as there was of it, must be carried on in the glare of the pervasive publicity; it must be crude and bold, or not be at all.

  33. Ellen moved aside in order not to impede her vision, and stood disliking her for her pervasive inexplicability and for her extreme plainness.

  34. He wished she would speak, rail at him, cry out upon him, anything but this pervasive and chilling silence.

  35. It came with them and settled itself over the place like a sombre pall, pervasive through the lower rooms, gradually spreading and climbing up the narrow stairs until it oppressed their very sleep.

  36. From here and there in accents of bravado, of mockery, of submissive humor, a few remarks were dropped that soon melted into the listless and pervasive silence.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pervasive" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    absolute; born; clean; clear; comprehensive; congenital; consummate; downright; egregious; exhaustive; intensive; omnibus; omnipresent; outright; penetrating; perfect; pervasive; plain; plumb; prevalent; pure; radical; regular; sheer; straight; sweeping; thorough; total; ubiquitous; unconditional; universal; unmitigated; unqualified; unreserved; unrestricted; utter; veritable; wholesale