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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of penetrate.

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Examples

  • The farther we penetrated from the coast the warmer we found it, and we went on and on until we came to a large river that seemed familiar to the Swift One.

    CHAPTER XVIII 2010

  • Somehow, the only thing that's penetrated is that my mother said, "Well, at least you'll be getting a nice chunk of change," which baffled me; I told Tommy, don't save for me.

    When I Have Strange Dreams, I Have Strange Dreams 2004

  • Edelin penetrated at will, making 14-of-17 shots while handing out nine assists and grabbing nine rebounds.

    USATODAY.com 2003

  • Wisconsin penetrated Ohio State territory on its first possession, then tied the game on its second.

    NCAA Division I College Football - Ohio State vs. Wisconsin 2002

  • Wisconsin penetrated Ohio State territory on its first possession, then tied the game on its second.

    NCAA Division I College Football - Ohio State vs. Wisconsin 2002

  • The word penetrated Billy's hopeless, muddled brain.

    The Mucker Edgar Rice Burroughs 1912

  • Here and there a word penetrated, and she lay more quietly, but not in the rest to which the Harvester had lulled her.

    The Harvester 1911

  • Only faint echoes of the din penetrated the spacious quiet of

    The Convert 1907

  • The farther we penetrated from the coast the warmer we found it, and we went on and on until we came to a large river that seemed familiar to the Swift One.

    Chapter XVIII 1906

  • As soon as American politicians called a certain kind of specially paid orator a 'spell-binder,' the word penetrated through the newspapers from politicians to audiences.

    Human Nature in Politics Third Edition Graham Wallas 1895

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