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[ adjective ] occurring throughout
Examples "her poems are permeated with sorrow" Used in print (Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)But to me Beckett 's writing had seemed permeated with love for human_beings and with a kind of humor that I could reconcile neither with despair nor with nihilism . (R. F. Shaw, "The `Private Eye`"...)By upholding his own personal code_of_behavior , the private_detective has placed himself in opposition to a society whose fabric is permeated with crime and corruption . Related terms |
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