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permeated

[ pur-mee-ey-tid ]

adjective

  1. suffused, saturated, penetrated, or filled with something (sometimes used in combination):

    As a precaution, deputies evacuated six houses surrounding the odor-permeated area.

    Now thick smoke from fires in three neighboring states is clotting our already permeated sky.



verb

  1. the simple past tense and past participle of permeate ( def ).

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  • un·per·me·at·ed adjective

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Example Sentences

Each book has gripping scenes on the fear that permeated Argentina in those years.

That was not a feeling that permeated most of the rest of my childhood experience.

That warm intimacy permeated her announcement that she was leaving Today in 2006, the perfect mixture of frank and heartfelt.

The original series was as permeated through and through by Sagan, not just on the air, but off as well.

Even though colors have now permeated her works, it still has a lot to do with depth and form.

And yet he heard songs that sounded like a caress and his whole being was permeated by a sense of delicious freshness.

The whole daring passion of the Orient that costumed her seemed to have permeated every fiber of her small being.

The sparkle in her eyes seemed to have permeated her voice as well.

It was almost unbelievable to herself that her life could be permeated by a thing Edith knew nothing about.

In a few moments a fire was burning brightly, water was boiling, pots were steaming, the odor of venison permeated the cool air.

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