How to Use pervade in a Sentence

pervade

verb
Definition of pervadenext
Synonyms for pervadenext
  • A feeling of great sadness pervades the film.
  • Art and music pervade every aspect of their lives.
  • We are covered in ash and strong sulphur scents pervade the air.
    — Radina Gigova, CNN, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The stories were pervaded with sickness and death and what the young men thought was love.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • The feeling that this is a very crucial time will pervade the energy of the week.
    — Amy Solara, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The islanders of Chiloé are proud of the part their soil has played in the rise of this staple crop, and potatoes pervade every aspect of life.
    — Mark Johanson, The Economist, 28 Aug. 2020
  • And the comity that once pervaded Google’s workforce was frayed.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Troye Sivan would like to set the record straight — well, not straight per se — about some rumors that have pervaded the internet for the last few years.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 28 July 2023
  • Though Mama Joy is no longer with the characters, her ethos pervades the novel, lending it a sense of home.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 June 2020
  • That loss of production pervades every facet of the offense.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2020
  • To his credit, conductor Miller also brings forth the brassy Charleston dance rhythm that will pervade the rest of the concerto.
    — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The answer turned out to be yes, and the relative calm that pervaded for much of last season has carried into this year.
    — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Alexa was the only one at the time that could stream music throughout the house; the Conrads loved the idea of having a surround sound system pervade their entire home.
    — Steven Aquino, Forbes, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Rock n’ roll is certainly what has most pervaded my works.
    — Billboard Italy, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The bulk of my discomfort resides with the sense of somewhat uneasy fondness that seems to pervade a lot of the fruitpology videos.
    — Sanibel Chai, ELLE, 25 May 2023
  • But the quasi-religious escapism that pervades the genre seems like a cop-out when science fiction has so much real science to work with.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2020
  • The bold vision that gave life to the process seems like nothing more than a pipedream and a cynicism starts to pervade the organization’s culture.
    — Trever Cartwright, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2022
  • But the importance of these woods stretches far beyond nostalgia and a connection with the myths and legends that pervade the past.
    — Jason Thomson, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Whereas gloom pervaded Wall Street a year ago, many investors are upbeat now.
    — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 2 Jan. 2024
  • This backward line of thought can pervade the CRM implementation at any and all phases.
    — Tal Frankfurt, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • Surely, blues, soul, R&B, and gospel music pervaded my life growing up in the urban landscape of a very Black Memphis.
    — Kimberly Bryant, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Yet Hollywood pervades Los Angeles life in ways as big as a movie backdrop or as small as a street detour on some awards night.
    — Shawn Hubler, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • But largely these later stages simply emphasize the problems that pervade the whole movie.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2023
  • Under the weight of it all, an austere grace pervaded the galleries, a contemplative calm.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Fitzpatrick didn’t like this pervading attitude on the team and especially didn’t like his role, a league source has said.
    — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2019
  • Still, research has shown that misogyny continues to pervade the genre.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
  • After all, the Astros are not the cause, but rather a symptom of the hyper-efficiency that has pervaded baseball.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Still, the global stink of pandemic seemed to pervade everything.
    — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2021
  • Scott: …That has pervaded Silicon Valley for a long time.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 May 2023
  • That’s an anxiety that pervades airports, places where connections of all kinds get made and broken.
    — Christopher Schaberg, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2019

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