Penetrates
[penitreits]
Examples
- When yarn is dyed, the coloring matter penetrates to every part of the fiber, and hence the patterns formed by the weaving together of well-dyed yarns are very fast to light and water. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The azure of the sky penetrates the depths of the lake, and the waters are sweet and cool. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The stylus penetrates this film, meeting from it the slightest possible resistance, and traces thereon the message. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The light of the sun never penetrates here. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It is the same before a fire, the heat of which sooner penetrates black stockings than white ones, and so is apt sooner to burn a man's shins. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Does it penetrate your heart, as it penetrates mine? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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