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Nectar in a Sieve
- In the sound of the drums I understood a vast pervading doom; but in the expectant silences between, my own disaster loomed larger, more consequent and more hurtful.†
Chpt 7
- And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude.†
Chpt 24
- ...our distaste for the city grew and grew and became a sweeping, pervading hatred.
Chpt 27 *pervading = existing throughout something
Definition:
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(pervasive) existing throughout something; or generally widespread