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Definition

spread or diffuse through

An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration

Water permeates sand easily
he found the odour had permeated his clothes
Margaret Craven -- I Heard the Owl Call My Name

permeated = penetrated and spread throughout

Rather did it permeate him with a delicious sadness, and lift him away and out of the Ariel
London, Jack -- Jerry of the Islands
Morrel, overpowered, turned around in the arm-chair; a delicious torpor permeated every vein.
Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
The throb in his ankle was growing in depth, in dullness of pain, permeating upward like an aching tide within the marrow.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
Not even in sleep is there respite: imagery from the climb and its aftermath continues to permeate my dreams.
Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
She gasped for breath, for breath in her own rhythm, not the permeating pulsing of IT.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time
By then we will have seen that flowers permeate this story, as befits a garden party.
Thomas C. Foster -- How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Market day, the humid air, the smell of Chang Sacha's sweet rolls permeating the city square.
Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
The pleasant, permeating stink was intoxicating.
Joseph Heller -- Catch-22
That wonderful laughter lightened the fog-thick solemnness that permeated the campus, and I felt drawn to it.
Peter Jenkins -- A Walk Across America
Anyone who's ever had a cat that's not housebroken can imagine the smells, other than pepper and thyme, that permeate this house.
Anne Frank -- The Diary of a Young Girl
And at this an icy chill seemed to permeate the entire courtroom as well as Clyde.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
A surreal energy permeated the hall— brisk professionalism tempered by fear and excitement.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom
He knew immediately that he was alive, because of the searing pain permeating every cubic centimetre of his body.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
Sickness permeates a room like steam.
Khaled Hosseini -- And The Mountains Echoed
If there had been electrical lights before, they were no longer working, though a faint glow permeated everything.
Cassandra Clare -- City of Ashes
It permeates the world to a ridiculous degree.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
In a few moments a fire was burning brightly, water was boiling, pots were steaming, the odor of venison permeated the cool air.
Zane Grey -- The Man of the Forest

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