Softly, but his words penetrated every corner of the room.

But the words did not penetrate and the weeping continued.

She stopped struggling, as if my words had finally penetrated.

He stopped and looked at us as if to see if his words were penetrating.

A woman's voice was speaking and the words gradually penetrated to him.

Her words penetrated me, blossomed in my chest, big and cold.

The word hadn't penetrated, only the awareness that the brother she'd cared for all her life was in trouble.

All action ceased as the big man's words penetrated the brains of those present.

The words penetrated, but not for the reason Haylis mentioned.

Then, her own words penetrating, she sank down onto the sofa.