Pervasive, piercing
Hi,
1) Can cold weather be described as ‘pervasive’ or ‘piercing’?
2)If I was mopping the floor and tried to move to the rhythm of the music that I had on in the background, could I say:
“I was moving the mop to the beat of the music?”
Thank you.
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as in “the draft from the mountains brought a piercing chill”. Yes, your sentence about the mop is fine ????
- as in “the draft from the mountains brought a piercing chill”.
- Yes, your sentence about the mop is fine ????
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Weather COULD potentially be pervasive but since weather is constantly changing it is more likely to be PIERCING...as in “the draft from the mountains brought a piercing chill”.
Yes, your sentence about the mop is fine ????
01. You can say "the weather was piercing cold." And you might say "There was a pervasive coldness in the air." This is rather literary speech that would usually not be used in everyday conversation.
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