penetrate

penetrate
01. The bullet [penetrated] the policeman's protective vest, but didn't cause any serious injury.
02. Demonstrators have been trying to [penetrate] the restricted area where the leaders of the richest countries are meeting to discuss economic matters.
03. Undercover policemen have succeeded in [penetrating] the criminal world of motorcycle gangs in our city.
04. The walls of the bomb shelter are so thick that nothing can [penetrate] them.
05. It has taken this country many years to [penetrate] the foreign automobile market.
06. The [penetration] of the CIA by Soviet spies has created a huge scandal in the U.S.
07. When I denied having cheated on the test, the teacher gave me a [penetrating] look that made me nervous.
08. Novelist E. M. Forster wrote that Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever [penetrated] into the ear of man.
09. There is a Chinese proverb which notes that opinions are like nails; the more often you hit them, the deeper they [penetrate].
10. The hippopotamus has skin an inch-and-a-half thick, so solid that most bullets cannot [penetrate] it.
11. In the painting 'The Calling of Saint Matthew' by Caravaggio, Christ enters the scene from the right, along with a brilliant shaft of light [penetrating] the darkness.
12. In 1615, the English explorer William Baffin [penetrated] to within 780 miles of the North Pole, and for the next 250 years, no one else got nearer.
13. Police have determined that no actual [penetration] occurred during the sexual attack on the young girl.
14. The Caribbean Sea around Jamaica is extremely clear, and sunlight [penetrates] to a depth of more than 65 feet.
15. The islands of Fiji are characterized by white sandy beaches, [impenetrable] rainforests, shifting sand dunes, and beautiful marine life.
16. Because water is transparent, it allows enough sunlight to [penetrate] for plants to carry on photosynthesis.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Penetrate — Pen e*trate, v. i. To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] Preparing to penetrate to the north and west. J. R. Green. [1913 Webster] Born where Heaven s influence scarce can penetrate. Pope. [1913 Webster] The… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • penetrate — [pen′i trāt΄] vt. penetrated, penetrating [< L penetratus, pp. of penetrare, to pierce into, penetrate < base of penitus, inward, far within (< penus, store of food, storeroom, sanctuary of temple of Vesta < IE base * pen , to feed,… …   English World dictionary

  • penetrate — [v1] pierce; get through physically access, barge in, bayonet, blow in, bore, break in, breeze in, bust in, charge, come, crack, diffuse, drill, drive, eat through, encroach, enter, filter in, force, get in, gore, go through, impale, infiltrate,… …   New thesaurus

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  • penetrate — early 15c. (implied in penetrable), from L. penetratus, pp. of penetrare to put or get into, enter into, related to penitus within, inmost, penus innermost part of a temple, store of food, penates household gods. Related: Penetrated; penetrating …   Etymology dictionary

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