Used in a Sentence

pervading

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pervading.

Editorial note

A pervading feeling that the world is going to hell in a handbasket has proven seductive many times in history.

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Quick take

spread throughout

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pervading gathered in one view.

adjective

spread throughout

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pervading.

Example sentences

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A pervading feeling that the world is going to hell in a handbasket has proven seductive many times in history.

2

A friend of mine worked at a bioenergy outfit working on cellulosic ethanol and that was the pervading opinion.

3

There's a pervading sense of loneliness (or, more accurately, lonesomeness) and how that affects the town as a whole.

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And the rise of the pervading surveillance state has little to do with the perceived value of the data collected.

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They left because the police have utterly failed to get a hold of the gang activity pervading the south side.

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My first association was there'd by an effort to extricate yourself from the all-pervading surveillance, censoring, and traffic-shaping planned or already taking place.

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I am so bored of the whole power trip trope which is pervading most video games.

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Secondly the language itself is so dizzyingly confused, where there's literally thousands of methods in the root namespace, and there's no pervading design pattern.

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Battery technology is the #1 problem pervading tech right now.

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The horrible horrible evil undercurrent of all-pervading universal sadness.

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>They left because the police have utterly failed to get a hold of the gang activity pervading the south side.

12

Evidently grok still has some pervading to do.

Quote examples

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Our industry has a pervading attitude of treating anybody who is not "us" as roadkill on the highway to progress.

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This pervading notion of "if you don't understand you shouldn't do it" is silly.

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The all-pervading "glue" of society is crumbling down.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use pervading in a sentence?

A pervading feeling that the world is going to hell in a handbasket has proven seductive many times in history.

What does pervading mean?

spread throughout

What part of speech is pervading?

pervading is commonly used as adjective.