pervasiveness
per·va·sive
P0214200 (pər-vā′sĭv, -zĭv)Pervasiveness
See Also: CLINGING
- As pervasive as a raging fever —Anon
- (Democracy and freedom began) bouncing all over (the world) like bad checks —Ishmael Reed
- Cover like a cold sweat —Anon
- He’s everywhere … like the mist, like some foul fog —William Diehl
- He was all over him, like a cheap suit —Mark Shields
- Penetrate [as through a barrier of complacency] … like the slippage of a dentist’s drill through novacaine —Clare Nowell
- Pervading [a woman’s special magic] as a spilled perfume, irresistible and sweet —F. Scott Fitzgerald
- (Egotism that seemed to) saturate them as toys are saturated with paint —O. Henry
- (Allowed my thoughts to) sink in like a spoon in a pudding [in order to gain insight] —William H. Gass
| Noun | 1. | pervasiveness - the quality of filling or spreading throughout; "the pervasiveness of the odor of cabbage in tenement hallways" |