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Meanings of penetrative in English

Having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions.

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Usage of penetrative in English
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That trio form also provide a penetrative and versatile pace bowling attack.
Reuters
2
It's a deep, penetrative cold, but perhaps you get used to it.
News.com.au
3
On the flipside, most men achieve orgasm and ejaculation with penetrative sex.
Ebony
4
Her comments on people were saltily satiric and penetrative of accepted hypocrisies.
Babbitt
5
Verily, this is from the penetrative power of the Word of God!
Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá
6
The pleading was crafty, and it was penetrative in the avoidance of stress.
The Amazing Marriage — Volume 5
7
No-one in my family has had actual, traditional, penetrative sex in seven generations.
Futures 1
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Shaqiri's arrival added another penetrative player to Liverpool's attack and that was decisive.
The Guardian
9
The penetrative power of the divine bounty is not fully manifest.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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Thus calpeptin was found to be a useful cell-penetrative calpain inhibitor.
Pubmed
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The other physically penetrative attacks were already deep inside the ship.
Jupiter War
12
He built solidly against the penetrative sand, and as high as his head.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
13
You cannot have penetrative sex but you can still enjoy them.'
Reuters
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He apologised for earlier denying he had penetrative sex with her.
The Irish Times
15
I had boyfriends, but always drew the line at penetrative sex.
The Guardian
16
Evelyn's keen and penetrative eye would have taken in the situation at a glance.
Marguerite Verne; Or, Scenes from Canadian Life
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