verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
atmosphere
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Investigation failed to produce any reason why such an evil atmosphere should pervade that area.
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A sort of frat party / stag club atmosphere pervades Tallahassee.
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An altogether lighter atmosphere pervaded the dairy.
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But the Stampede atmosphere pervades the city.
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Ted resumed the operation of the cabin and tried to shake off the depressing atmosphere that now pervaded the small room.
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The playing is superlative, but the real triumph is the warm and expansive atmosphere which pervades the album.
smell
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Hot and steamy, the smell of moist decay pervades the air.
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And it's not just the dizzying development and the smell of money that pervades the downtown area.
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No footmarks disturbed the dust, cobwebs hung like festoons and a strange musty smell pervaded the atmosphere.
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Here and there, a smell of stale cabbage pervaded the air.
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There was no one in the room and no oil lamp, but a strange smell pervaded the air.
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Hugh Dodds, then Consul in Harar, reported that the smell of corpses pervaded the town for days.
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A strange, sour smell pervaded the air.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A culture of violence pervades the local police department.
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the smell of rain pervading the air
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Above all, I remember the overwhelming sense of defeatism and moral chaos that pervaded public discourse.
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Hard feelings pervade , especially between Paulette and her father.
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It is a word that pervades the world that deals with children who, having problems, are taken to be problems.
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Many sleepers are disturbed by light that pervades their eyelids when they have their eyes closed.
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Tea trays pervade the corridors, going everywhere.
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The power of their positive thinking is infectious and pervades our daily working life.
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There is a contradiction which has pervaded responses to the National Curriculum in special education.