All 3 Uses of
pervasive
in
The Fall of the House of Usher
- I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit.
*pervaded = spread throughout or filled
- An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.†
- An irrepressible tremor gradually pervaded my frame; and, at length, there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm.†
Definition:
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(pervasive) existing throughout something; or generally widespread