How to Use penetrative in a Sentence

penetrative

adjective

• But does the less penetrative nature of oil mean the retinol won't work its magic on your skin?
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 18 Feb. 2022
• The greater the pressure, the greater the shell’s peak velocity—and the greater its penetrative power.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2023
• The grouper sniffs out fish, and the penetrative octopus flushes them from their coral caves.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2018
• Combining the sharp tips with the weight of the wooden shaft would have given each one a lot of penetrative power.
  — WIRED, 10 Jan. 2023
• Try something else or go back to non-penetrative sexytimes.
  — Anna Pulley, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2020
• How about the role of the clitoris during penetrative intercourse?
  — Leigh Cowart, The Cut, 23 Aug. 2017
• Zhurong, which is named after the Chinese god of fire, is equipped with ground-penetrative radar and a topography camera for a mission that is scheduled for 90 days.
  — Washington Post, 22 May 2021
• Meanwhile her boyfriend has become a social media star for touting the concept of non-penetrative sex.
  — Connie Ogle, miamiherald, 25 May 2017
• Unless there are recurring, penetrative rains in August, the family will sell half of its herd.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
• The result is a player comfortable making penetrative passes into the paint, dishing off the drive and scoring at all three levels.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2021
• The hosts played positive football for large stretches of the game, but their lack of penetrative success coupled with some shocking defensive mistakes saw the side trounced by a rampant Blues side.
  — SI.com, 24 Sep. 2017
• Saul, his eyes closed and his mouth slightly open, takes intense pleasure in these probing, penetrative sensations.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
• About 3 percent are penetrative injuries like gunshots or stab wounds.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Post-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2018
• The veterinary staff used a penetrative captive bolt, killing him instantly.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 14 Feb. 2014
• The Nittany Lions lead college football in tackles for loss per game (11.5), serving evidence of a penetrative front seven.
  — Tyler Donohue, ajc, 16 Sep. 2017
• One common use is for submarine communication, which works due to the penetrative capacity of the lengthy VLF waves.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
• One common use is for submarine communication, which works due to the penetrative capacity of the lengthy VLF waves.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
• When nematocysts are triggered, their harpoon shoot out at speeds that can exceed 40 miles per hour, creating as much penetrative force as some bullets.
  — Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2015
• The bill would extend that automatic denial to all perpetrators of penetrative sexual assaults, regardless of the state of the victim.
  — Niraj Chokshi, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2016
• Atletico continued to threaten on the counter without finding a penetrative final ball, while Valencia came close from a dangerous in-swinging free-kick after an end-to-end beginning to the second half.
  — SI.com, 9 Sep. 2017
• Oslo, August 31st, a drama penetrative enough to draw blood, focuses on a recovering addict in his mid-30s, who on a day’s leave from rehab tries and fails to reconnect with the world around him, including old friends unaware of his sobriety.
  — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2022
• Recognizing the Heat would be guarding the paint to negate Antetokounmpo's penetrative offensive play, the Bucks showered Miami with threes from the outset.
  — Calum Trenaman, CNN, 30 Dec. 2020
• With its tiny penetrative molecules, avocado oil is a nutrient-rich ingredient that strengthens strands from roots to ends.
  — Patricia Weigel Shannon, Southern Living, 23 June 2021
• Wednesday night was evident that there’s a real lack of penetrative imagination from Juve’s current midfielders.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
• One of the more crucial aspects of the experiment was whether penetrative electrode arrays produced higher resolution images.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
• Also perplexing is that many women require clitoral stimulation to achieve orgasm, not penetrative action.
  — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2011
• This layer also naturally generates negative ions to fight free radicals while providing deeply penetrative heat that initiates a full-body detox, improves circulation, and reduces inflammation for inside-out healing.
  — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 28 Mar. 2022
• Since Mars is the warrior planet, it's associated with penetrative sexuality in astrology.
  — Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 2 July 2018
• Recent experimentation provided an optimistic foundation for the penetrative electrode array system.
  — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024