Penetrates

"Penetrates" in a Sentence (9 examples)

The light penetrates the darkness.

When a man reproached him for going into unclean places, he said, "The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them."

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.

The notes of that song have a sweet melancholy that penetrates my heart.

The Ram is called in Egyptian ba on account of the digs which he makes with his head, and a force which has occasioned the name of 'ram' to be given to powerful engines. The Heron is also called ba because with its bill it cleaves the fishes which it attacks. And the word which we translate Soul or Spirit is called ba, because it is conceived as something which 'pierces, penetrates and divides.'

He penetrates you with his gaze, and not only that.

His gaze penetrates right into my soul.

The corals’ requirement for high light also explains why most reef-building species are restricted to the euphotic zone, the region in the ocean where light penetrates to a depth of approximately 70 meters.

Sweet autumn air penetrates the bedroom.

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