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Synonyms for penetrant
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : pen-i-truh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ɪ trənt |
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Définition of penetrant
- As in penetrating : adj stinging, harsh
- Then he raised his eyes from the water and swept the sky in a penetrant gaze.
- Extract from : « The Harvester » by Gene Stratton Porter
- "What he doesn't sell he buys," he cried in his nervous, penetrant tones.
- Extract from : « The Voice of the People » by Ellen Glasgow
- With Mr. Tassers penetrant and suspicious gaze on him, he decided that it would be wise to avoid all seeming interest in Myron.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- The dew lay heavy on the laurel leaves of the thickets, and the breeze was perfumed with the penetrant fragrance of many blossoms.
- Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily
- Sharp shoe-calks afford a means of infliction of penetrant wounds which may occasion open joint and infectious arthritis.
- Extract from : « Lameness of the Horse » by John Victor Lacroix
- But this comparison is not satisfactory, because there is a penetrant metallic quality in the twang, impossible to describe.
- Extract from : « Exotics and Retrospectives » by Lafcadio Hearn
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