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Meanings of pervading in English

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        Usage of pervading in English
        1
        It dwelt on my imagination; it became my pervading idea of beauty.
        Tales of a Traveller
        2
        Football was, however, occasionally allowed to shine through amid the pervading fug.
        The Guardian
        3
        The opening year found Cairo exulting in its deep and all-pervading mud.
        Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: Southern Adventure in Time of War. /...
        4
        In that age, the religion of Sattwa existed, pervading the entire universe.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
        5
        The red light followed them down, pervading the rock, and growing brighter.
        The Naked God
        6
        To his moral nature it gives the pervading strength of healthful purity.
        Female Suffrage: A Letter to the Christian Women of America
        7
        Thou hearest everywhere in the universe, and thou stayest, pervading all things.
        The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 / Books 13...
        8
        The low, dingy buildings and bad smell pervading the place startled her.
        Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective; Or, The Crime of the Midnigh...
        9
        The pervading purpose and passion was to win men out and up.
        Quiet Talks on Service
        10
        And around, above, beneath, the pervading mediocrity, the apotheosis of the average.
        One Man in His Time
        11
        Sometimes there is an overpowering sense of exhaustion pervading the whole system.
        The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in Hygiene
        12
        As we entered we could breathe the characteristic pervading odor of sandalwood.
        The Treasure-Train
        13
        This Emilie was like a spirit of peace pervading the whole family.
        Emilie the Peacemaker
        14
        But that did not detract from the pervading sensation of disgustful grubbiness.
        Patsy
        15
        Then let the summons be to those whose pervading principle is Love.
        Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories
        16
        To Ada and to me, that above all appeared the pervading influence.
        Bleak House
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