"penetrate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The shaft struck the rear of the 'horse' and, failing to penetrate fully, flapped down to point at the ground.
- But the reasons are not necessarily clear, or even consistent from fish to fish, for science has yet to fully penetrate the earth's oceans.
- If the surface gives, the staple will not penetrate fully.
- The night looked deeper than usual; street lamps and headlights did not fully penetrate the gloom.
- The repair was improper due to the weld not fully penetrating the cracked metal.
- Often in those days bullets did not fully penetrate a skull, merely deformed it.
- One of the legs penetrated fully this time, leaving a hole about two inches wide.
- The mosque became an alternative power center because it was the only place the government's iron fist could not fully penetrate.
- Most of the leather processed will spin long enough for the dyes to fully penetrate the hides.
- However, Islam failed to fully penetrate Wolof society until about the 19th century.
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