All 7 Uses of
pervasive
in
Bleak House
- In the sequel, half-a-dozen are caught up in a cloud of pipe-smoke that pervades the parlour of the Sol's Arms; two stroll to Hampstead; and four engage to go half-price to the play at night, and top up with oysters.†
Chpt 10-12
- By day guns and voices are heard ringing in the woods, horsemen and carriages enliven the park roads, servants and hangers-on pervade the village and the Dedlock Arms.†
Chpt 10-12
- To Ada and to me, that above all appeared the pervading influence.†
Chpt 16-18 *
- And in such form Mr. Bucket shall find him, when he will, still pervading the tributary channels of Leicester Square.†
Chpt 25-27
- An air of haste and excitement pervades the party, and as the tall hat (surmounting Mr. Smallweed the younger) alights, Mr. Smallweed the elder pokes his head out of window and bawls to Mr. Guppy, "How de do, sir!†
Chpt 31-33
- Otherwise mildly studious in his observation of human nature, on the whole a benignant philosopher not disposed to be severe upon the follies of mankind, Mr. Bucket pervades a vast number of houses and strolls about an infinity of streets, to outward appearance rather languishing for want of an object.†
Chpt 52-54
- It is impossible to describe how Mr. Bucket gets her out, but he accomplishes that feat in a manner so peculiar to himself, enfolding and pervading her like a cloud, and hovering away with her as if he were a homely Jupiter and she the object of his affections.†
Chpt 52-54
Definition:
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(pervasive) existing throughout something; or generally widespread