pervading in English

verb

1

(especially of a smell) spread through and be perceived in every part of.

a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air

synonyms: permeate, spread through, fill, suffuse, be diffused through, imbue, penetrate, filter through, percolate through, infuse, perfuse, flow through, charge, steep, saturate, impregnate, inform

verb

• permeate, spread through, fill, suffuse, be diffused through, imbue, penetrate, filter through, percolate through, infuse, perfuse, flow through, charge, steep, saturate, impregnate, inform
• diffuse, imbue, interpenetrate, permeate, riddle, penetrate

Use "pervading" in a sentence

1. The all-pervading red dust seeped into every nook and cranny.

2. 13 Sizzle and aroma do not profane the all-pervading stillness.

3. Throughout the book there is a pervading sense of menace.

4. Acedia is not human discouragement or pervading sense of hopelessness, which are natural reactions in difficulty

5. She has already partaken of the pervading spirit of neglect which encompassed her.

6. Pervading social relations between men and women, Androcracy constitutes the foundation of gender inequality

7. Never had they noticed the roses so vivid, the willow - herb so meadow - sweet so odorous and pervading.

8. The pervading citrus smell of aftershave, the same smell that had saturated Brady's apartment and Feldman's studio.

9. And there was the pervading atmosphere of blindness and complacency in Washington, typified by some leading congressional Republicans.

10. In fact my whole being was permeated by the leaden-armed pervading weakness one feels when forced to work in the small hours.

11. Exclusive Bribes, fake factories and forged documents: the Buccaneering consultants pervading China’s factory audits A perfect storm of quick-fire, one-off factory inspections and insatiable

12. ‘the Awkwardness of youth’ ‘Nervousness and Awkwardness set in before the next track brings the funk back.’ ‘The campaign is unlikely to help, and quite likely to increase Awkwardness and embarrassment.’ ‘There is a pervading sense of discomfort and Awkwardness about their arrangement and interaction.’

13. ‘Ambulances’ is an exploration of the pervading sense of death that occurs in constrained societies; in cities, especially, death is ever-present due to the differing ages of the population, the inherent risk of city life, and other factors

14. ‘Atman or Brahman has been called eternal, all pervading.’ ‘Finally he wrote his books on the subject of Atman and Brahman.’ ‘Each god is a manifestation of Brahman; in the ultimate world there are no differentiations of I and thou, subject and object.’