How To Use Penetrate In A Sentence

So, did it take a row over a ban on journalists to enable him to penetrate the secret that the regime is not a model of benignity?
This guy was also what we call a sadistic pedophile, which is that sadistic pedophiles often use objects to penetrate children rather than using the penis or the fingers, and that ` s apparently, if the allegations are true, what he did with one little girl. CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2005
By holding the mobile to your ear, the death-dealing atomic waves penetrated your skull and a cancer was formed.
In deeper waters, not enough light penetrates the depths, which means the reef's main food producers, algae and plankton, cannot photosynthesize.
Pins that are used to penetrate hairpieces or wigs are often referred to as T-pin or wig hair pins.

However, acaricides do not penetrate far enough to kill mites deep inside the mattress and so are not as effective as when used on carpeting.
Leo and his friends also took the spinthariscope to an out-of-town astronomers convention and advertised that they had developed an optical system that could penetrate clouds.
Many include ingredients such as camphor, menthol, peppermint oil, cinnamon oil, clove oil or other essential oils that will penetrate and help relax muscles.
The security goal is to stop them before they penetrate the security zone with the intent to blow up the city's waterfront.
I identified the frightful ingredients masking the mixtures of tannin and powdered carbon with which the fish was embalmed; and I penetrated the disguise of the marinated meats, painted with sauces the colour of sewage; and I diagnosed the wine as being coloured with fuscin, perfumed with furfurol, and enforced with molasses and plaster. Là-bas
"In the past lasers couldn't safely penetrate darker pigmented skin, " Dr Weiss said.
Two circulars of our state council about bankruptcy penetrate the precedency of legal effect, come into conflict with several upper laws, and violate the fair compensable principle of bankrupt system.
The trouble with tar oil preservatives, it is difficult to get them to penetrate.
Quite how the developer thinks this remote area, that is only penetrated by one minor road, is not a wild place beggars belief.
The bracing fresh air penetrates deep into the lungs and instill a feeling of calmness and well-being.
This is a telescope that penetrates to the remote parts of the universe.
Plant roots need oxygen for the uptake of water and nutrients and so do not penetrate below the water table (apart from those such as mangrove types with special adaptations).
At the same time three muskets were discharged; and while one ball rattled against the corslet of proof, to the strength of which our valiant Captain had been more than once indebted for his life, another penetrated the armour which covered the front of his left thigh, and stretched him on the ground. A Legend of Montrose
As soon as the tanning matter has completely penetrated the pelt, the total time of tannage is noted, and the velocity with which the tanning matter converts the pelt into leather at that particular concentration is thus obtained. Synthetic Tannins
In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
These beams have different energies and properties which determine the depth that the beam penetrates into the body.
A sense of well-being, of transformation and enlightenment, penetrates to the very marrow of his bones.
The water has penetrated into the bedroom, so there must be a hole in the roof.
Western ideas penetrate slowly through the East.
At intervals, the double-height spaces are penetrated by the diagrid structure, bleached white like dinosaur ribs.
Another bullet penetrated the bathroom window of another house in the same area.
This may indicate that roof leakage is occurring where the drain vent pipe penetrates the roof flashing.
The rooftop water tank is supported by a dense grid of 1m thick parallel brick walls penetrated by arches to create a series of 4m wide vaults.
I feel that I have not yet penetrated truly what this book is about, although it surely depicts the hapless life of someone who lives in narcissistic illusion as well as the damage wrought by others who are the same but in a different style. "To Make the Bears Dance"
Swamps extend from the river to their base, and penetrate their valleys, which are extremely malarious: these forests are frequented by timber-cutters, who fell jarool (_Lagerstroemia Himalayan Journals — Complete
It retained water and yet had subtle membranes which permitted air to penetrate and facilitated waste disposal of the embryo.
Cars run on skinny snow tyres in Sweden, with sharp studs to penetrate the icy surface and find good grip underneath.
In the final analysis, the one place not even the most modern and sophisticated intelligence systems can penetrate is the human mind.
He and his men were to penetrate the U.S. defenses and disrupt the flow of supplies heading to their front line.
Sufficient moisture must be present to penetrate the testa or seed coat, but not so much that the seed rots or that the oxygen level in the soil is reduced.
It was certainly intended that Charles should sit up to his neck in warm salt water for ten minutes, and Mr Young says that with the plaister, and with the greasy, and resisting quality of the ointment, that the water would not penetrate near so much as you seem to suppose it would. Letter 170
When they try to penetrate a new market or introduce a new product, they often take members of the media on expensive trips so that they can get their stories into the papers and onto the airwaves.
Sometimes a phosphorescent gleam played over the stagnant pond, into which the terapin plunged heavily at their approach; while on the neighbouring banks the frogs of all degrees croaked forth their inharmonious chant, making the scene more hideous, and certainly adding greatly to the sense of gloom which it inspired in those who penetrated it. The Partisan: A Tale of the Revolution. By the Author of "The Yemassee," "Guy Rivers," &c. In Two Volumes. Vol. I
They have an ability to penetrate some of these organizations much better, more easily than we do.
Rough canopies generate mechanical turbulence, allowing eddies of air from the bulk atmosphere to penetrate deep within the plant canopy.
Consequently radio waves will either be thrown back towards the earth or, if they are strong enough to penetrate to the middle of the layer where the ionization is greatest, they will rum through it and out into space. Nobel Prize in Physics 1947 - Presentation Speech
In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
Like sunlight penetrates every inch of skin feeling faint.
Two face-centred cubic lattices can also interpenetrate in such a way that every point belonging to the one lattice is at the centre of gravity of a tetrahedron whose vertices are points belonging to the other lattice. Nobel Prize in Physics 1915 - Presentation Speech
So much for the western line; in the Portillo pass, proceeding eastward, we meet an immense mass of conglomerate, dipping to the west 45 deg, which rest on micaceous sandstone, etc., etc., upheaved and converted into quartz-rock penetrated by dykes from the very grand mass of protogine (large crystals of quartz, red feldspar, and occasional little chlorite). More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1
Both deserve a big "bravo," especially considering that they managed to penetrate my Jin/Sun sadness long enough to empathize with them. 'Lost' Dueling Analysis: 'The Candidate'
Additionally, the positively charged microfibers attract and tightly retain negatively charged dust and dirt particles and can penetrate the microscopic pores of most flooring materials, unlike loop mop systems.
It was the only time I ever heard Murrow privately concede that the fear with which McCarthyism was poisoning the soul of the nation had penetrated his soul as well.
To allow the steam to penetrate behind the wallpaper, nonporous wallpaper such as vinyl must first be scored with a puncturing roller or rough sandpaper before steaming.
A chilly wind penetrates the walls of the shelter and rain drips through a hole in the ceiling.
Our eyes couldn't penetrate the dark/the gloom of the inner cave.
The kandura originally hails from Iraq but penetrated other cultural costumes over the years. Cator Sparks: Attention Men of the Western World: Calm Down and Embrace the Kandura!
The architecture is such that this higher level is clearly interpenetrated with the lower level and casts its power down to where I stand making me feel stilled and centred right where I am.
These so-called secret societies were easily penetrated by intelligence agents.
Other key features such as bollards and companionways are still visible and rumour has it the engine room can still be penetrated.
These resemble the foot of some specialized bivalves (Solemya or Lucina) used to penetrate putrid sediment to release H 2 S consumed by symbiotic chemoautotrophic bacteria.
He inhabits a world where historical activity is surrounded by supernatural forces, where the numinous constantly interpenetrates the dull sublunary world of common sense.
As the voyages of novelty-hungry explorers penetrated more and more remote localities, so the variety of parrots brought home increased. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
Further, while it is yet happening more slowly, the matter has also begun to penetrate certain curial circles. Reform in Continuity: Re-approaching the Second Vatican Council
In this weather? "and Durtal pointed at the yellow sky over which black clouds, like factory smoke, were racing, so low that the tin chimneys seemed to penetrate them and crenelate them with little spots of clarity. Là-bas
The knife wound penetrated to the bone.
The arrow penetrated through the target.
The voice penetrated my deep cloud of sleep, a silvery bolt of lightning flashing through the underwater dream-currents.
An ability to penetrate the superficialities of the story and action to see the moral truths expressed therein.
‘If you wish to speak more, Lady, I will wait for you by the wall after moonrise,’ the stranger's soft voice penetrated her thoughts.
The urethra and the ejaculatory ducts penetrate the prostate gland.
The round penetrated through his arm into his flack vest and was stopped by his armor plate.
As we open ourselves to God through prayer, Scripture, and the sacramental life of the church, God's life is able to penetrate our beings more fully.
In a normal winter, the frost penetrates deeply enough to kill off insect eggs in the soil.
The dung only penetrated as far as my upper thigh as we struck up the devastated hillside towards Meall a' Choire Leith.
None of my advice seems to have penetrated his thick skull .
Treated with caustic soda (found in lye) and sulfuric acid, alkyl benzene helps detergent penetrate soiled clothing more effectively than soap. Household Appliances
Perhaps, if we could penetrate Nature's secrets, we should find that what we call weeds are more essential to the well-being of the world than the most precious fruit or grain. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866
That we are not able at present to skiagraph the soft parts of the body, does not imply that we shall not be able to do it hereafter; and should this be possible, especially with our increasing ability to penetrate thick masses of tissue, it is evident, without entering into details, that the use of the X rays may be of immense importance in obstetrics. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
Whether or not a musket ball could penetrate armour was dependent on a number of factors, one of which is that firearms in those days did not always fire.
From it, Ptolemy appears to have passed to the Tacazze, which he calls the Nile, and to have penetrated into A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson
The investigation has penetrated every level of society on the island and involves allegations of corruption among government ministers.
Whether or not a musket ball could penetrate armour was dependent on a number of factors, one of which is that firearms in those days did not always fire.
The whole of this side is clad in larch laths, penetrated by entrance doors and strips of windows that reflect the arrangements of the individual families.
Mr. Ruskin bade men "go to Nature in all singleness of heart, and walk with her laboriously and trustingly, having no other thought but how best to penetrate her meaning, _rejecting nothing, selecting nothing and scorning nothing_;" and Mr. Hamerton was literally obeying him when he exiled himself for five years in a hut on an island in a bleak Scotch lake to learn faithfully to portray the shores of that single lake. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878
Where pyrite crystals have been lost, it can be seen that quartz did not penetrate pyrite.
High contact pressures cause the feet to penetrate through the loose material and actually compact the soil directly beneath the foot tip.
In these cases, water often penetrates copings, caps, sills, or other elements that cover the top of the masonry.
The simple molecular structure of alcohol allows it to penetrate this barrier.
It is a sobering argument and one whose subtlety may not penetrate the political/media filter that permits only sound bites and slogans to pass through.
This bio-plasmic body that surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body called the ‘etheric’ body, is responsible for maintaining vitality, good health and well being at all levels.
The Irish were no better able than others to comprehend Ulysses, and only those gullible enough to answer the author's snobbish call for a lifetime's dedication to scholia could begin to penetrate the double darknesses of Finnegans Wake.
North we walked, three abreast, a mile and a half along a dusty track that penetrates and bisects the moor.
The shuttler penetrated the overcast about ten miles off target, located, and started its approach. Attrition
It's just as hard to penetrate the clannishness of islanders who've lived and played apart from the world for generations.
Barkar speaks of a piece of steel which penetrated through the cornea and lens, and which, five months later, was successfully removed by the extraction of the cataractous lens. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
How many thicknesses of paper did the oil penetrate?
They fly true, slide thru the wind with less wabble and when they hit game, they penetrate thru and thru unless a huge elk and a bone stops them. Petzal: .270 vs.
Instead, its darkness interpenetrates the figure; their contest is fought out through brushy, blurred and sharp lines, and through the quiet waves of energy rippling along the velvet, planed-down blackness.
As it turned out, they had now penetrated the inner hatch and still had not tripped an alarm.
Once the opposing side's defences had been penetrated, swiftly moving mechanized forces would create local encirclements and then, in conjunction with airborne and airmobile forces, enter the pursuit phase.
The knife penetrated his finger.
Her cousin's voice penetrated the awkward silence, and of course, he didn't notice the tension in the foyer.
But the extent to which this stratum was penetrated, misled about reality, and to some degree fanaticized by Moscow's manipulations is striking. The Terrors
That portion of the hillslope over which return flow emerges is saturated, so any rain failing on to it is unable to penetrate the surface and also flows downslope.
Rutherford knew that alpha particles, which readily pierced the atom's cloud of electrons, didn't have enough energy to penetrate and pry apart the nucleus.
Maybe it's a story or metaphor from our own life or that of our own parents that somehow penetrates the unconscious.
Much of the undergrowth is dense and difficult to penetrate, but the possibility of following free-roaming flocks is still relatively good, because walking paths criss-cross the area.
A seed was judged to be germinated when the root tip had clearly penetrated the seed coat.
They are hoping to penetrate the Japanese market with their latest product.
Their keen eyes can penetrate water to a depth of four meters.
And the idea that we are surrounded and interpenetrated by a sort of ghostly jelly appealed to the spiritualists of the day, who concocted the notion that we each have an etheric body as well as a material one.
Word of God, instead of allowing it to penetrate more and more the inner spiritual nature: he therefore counsels them to purify themselves from all that is evil, all excrescences of the inward life which passion nourishes, and in meekness to suffer the word implanted in their hearts to take deeper and deeper root therein. The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: II. The Epistle of James, Practically Explained.
The raiders knew where the bullion was and went straight for it but could not penetrate the security area.
These penetrate the ground with minimal effort.
The air defense (counterair) operation can also provide protection for aircraft and missile systems conducting the long-range fire strike and ground maneuver forces striving to penetrate rapidly into enemy territory. FM 100-61 Chptr 10 Air Support
In this case chemical agents penetrate the plastic, causing swelling, softening, charring, crazing, delamination, blistering, embrittlement, discoloration, dissolving, and ultimate failure.
The daylight did not penetrate far into the room where only his desk lamp was lit.
These control experiments confirmed that the antibody penetrated well in all the samples studied.
In his writings and media appearances, Brooks insightfully deploys scientific research to demonstrate how "deeply interpenetrated" we humans are. Michael Sigman: Brooks Pits 'Connection' vs. 'Adventure,' But Why Not Both?
Schouten and other heroic marine worthies of distant times had navigated the globe, discovered new worlds, penetrated into the most secret solitudes of the deep without any notion of longitude and with no better instruments to take the sun's height than the forestaff and astrolabe. The Frozen Pirate
_Notre Père, ... les replies les plus profonds de nos coeurs_" -- "Our Father, who art in heaven, Thou whose searching glance penetrates even to the inmost recesses of our hearts. The Martian
The deoxidized indigo is yellow and in this state penetrates the woollen fibre; the more perfectly the indigo in a vat is deoxidized, the brighter and faster will be the colour. Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer
Highlights for me: arrows: most arrows from a 60#+ compound bow would penetrate a deer's vitals at 60 yards ... the question is hitting them and risking tortuous maiming if you guessed wrong ... the TV show probably didn't show the deer they hit in the guts and never found. I watched a guy on tv last night harvest a deer with his bow and he shot the deer at 60 yards.now if he harvest a deer at 60 yar
Neither can he, an only child, penetrate the deep intimacy between his parents.
Don't take it for granted that an overcast day is safe for your skin; UV light can penetrate clouds and harm unprotected skin.
Today, as media penetrate into the public daily life in unprecedented breadth and depth, no non-profit institution can afford to neglect the importance of good public relations.
nor silver-shedding tears could penetrate her uncompassionate sire
The 120 mm antitank round, using a depleted uranium core, penetrated the earthen berms protecting enemy tanks and destroyed them.
She gazed upon those chiseled granite features, the sharp angle of his jaw, the stubborn chin, the hooded eyes whose flinty gaze could penetrate with spearlike precision. Earl of Durkness
Ultraviolet radiation penetrates the coating and carbonizes the oils in the wood, causing the wood to darken beneath the varnish.
These fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs.
Light penetrates these holes and casts thin shadows across the print surface.
At a later date, a special steel gimlet was sometimes provided to penetrate the more modern tin cap in situ.
A contradictoriness penetrates to the very core of what I feel to be my true and independent self.
The headlamps penetrated the fog.
We examine the children who have cellulitis and outline in pen the discoloration of each skin infection so that when the antibiotics penetrate and begin to take effect, we can measure the resolute retreat in its distance from the border that has been marked. Between Expectations
A better method of sealing heels and soles is to use a hot wax treatment that penetrates the leather, fills its pores, and prevents water from being absorbed.
This method of cooking also permits heat to penetrate evenly from both sides.
It uses electrically charged plating to vaporise anti-tank missiles before they can penetrate the rest of the armour.
Wig pins are small and usually have a sharp point at one end to help the pins penetrate the wig piece.
Concrete walls and roofs reinforced with rebar had absorbed the blasts, or the shells had simply penetrated the ceilings, leaving only a hole.
My son\'s innocence died Tuesday after he saw a redheaded woman named Dora getting doubly penetrated by two marines when I Google-image-searched the words \ "Dora\" and \ "explorer\" for him. Esquire.com Article Feed
The moderator is in a large tank called a calandria, penetrated by several hundred horizontal pressure tubes that form channels for the fuel, cooled by a flow of heavy water under high pressure in the primary cooling circuit, reaching 290°C. Nuclear power reactor
Molar pregnancy poses a threat to the pregnant woman when the mole penetrates deep into the uterine wall, which can result in heavy bleeding.
Tim slid the needle into the pale blue throb at the base of his biceps, careful to penetrate only the epidermis. THE KILL CLAUSE
This combination of materials was just not conducive to the slim shape that was needed to smoothly penetrate the ocean of air.
If then the Apollonian (rational) were to prevail, overwhelm the Dionysian (passionate) in the Homosphere, intellection could penetrate reality at large, a Cosmosphere in the making.
All the wells penetrate Mesozoic strata, and 40 wells penetrate Palaeozoic strata.
Within the ovary, pollen tubes also grew in the ECM to penetrate the micropyle and subsequently grew intercellularly within the nucellus up to the embryo sac.
You can no longer expect to penetrate these high-rise markets exclusively from an exporting factory in the UK, for example.
Human or equine rabies immunoglobulin should be given if any wounds penetrate the skin.
There is one thing more to be observed, which is, that the infusion of quick-lime and orpin be newly made, because otherwise it will not have force enough to penetrate. Forty Centuries of Ink
Due to its high density, which is about twice that of lead, and other physical properties, depleted uranium is used in munitions designed to penetrate armour plate.
Blood vitalizing, which has often been used in modern times for its ability to penetrate congested tissues, may be valuable in overcoming tissue resistance, as well.
Thief," Klassh spoke and this time felt the word penetrate the elf's mental block.surprise. fear. The Dragons at War
Her softly spoken words of comfort never penetrated the horror which enclosed his tormented mind. WHEN THE APRICOTS BLOOM
Should the enemy penetrate the defense, a counteroffensive can be mounted.
The round penetrated through his arm into his flack vest and was stopped by his armor plate.
High-performance tactical aircraft or drones would cross the demilitarized zone and North Korean coasts and penetrate up to fifty miles inland.
The revolution troubled me because of the incredible dynamic vigour that penetrated you completely, exceeded your imagination, unfolded in your own inner world.
It has been proved that when the breaking up of the Ac.Ch. by an esterase, is inhibited by eserine, the Ac.Ch. penetrates with the blood to other organs in sufficient quantities to cause activity. Otto Loewi - Nobel Lecture
A smell of burnt branches and leaves penetrated the woods.
Traditional skincare ingredients such as panthenol, niacinamide and caffeine have been shown to penetrate hair follicles and increase fibre diameter. Times, Sunday Times
Because hydrogen can penetrate and embrittle some metals and alloys, developing standards for using existing pipelines, storage tanks, pumps and delivery systems is an essential first step before the elemental gas can be considered as a viable fuel for widespread use. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
The ball had struck this bundle; and, as its force was somewhat expended by the distance it had come, it was unable to more than penetrate the mass and contuse the soft parts of the chest. The Life and Adventures of Kit Carson, the Nestor of the Rocky Mountains, from Facts Narrated by Himself
By this means the ship was able to penetrate the so-called libration zone, which was a semispace continuum lying between the 4th and 5th-dimensional universes. Blockade, Lepso
As for the "epiphenomena" - at least the ones Frye postulates, since mythos, ethos and dianoia are Aristotelian terms, as far as I'm aware (and also somewhat more abstract and complex than their modern counterparts "plot", "character" and "idea") - Frye himself tack them on as names of categories containing the low-level features you probably have in mind and admits that they often interpenetrate. Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality
The inability of water to penetrate is the result of a phenomenon known as water tension.
Science has penetrated the mysteries of nature.
The organization had been penetrated by a spy.
Caulk and seal gaps where plumbing, ducting, or electrical wiring penetrate through exterior walls, floors and ceilings.
Our troops have penetrated enemy territory.
None of my advice seems to have penetrated his thick skull .
And damp, as well: a kind of clamminess that clung to the skin and penetrated her clothing. If I Pay Thee Not In Gold
The ovule micropyle and embryo sac were penetrated equally by cross- and self-pollen tubes.
The newborn larvae migrate from the host's blood vessels through the sarcolemma of striated muscle tissue, where they penetrate and encyst inside an individual muscle cell.
It galled him that soldiers had driven so hard to penetrate the city, only to have a buffoon in a beret belittle them to the world.
The foundation of the dam for Dalong reservoir consists of the layer of medium-coarse sand with gravel, so it is difficult to be penetrated even by the high-power vibrator.
By some lucky balance of nature, the Alpha rays, although deadly, can not penetrate matter readily.
The opening of the infraorbital canal is sunk into a vacuity that penetrates the rostrum.
The fact that Professor Beale has discovered that what he calls bioplasm and germinal points or bioplasts may take on a distinct and separate color from tissue, when subjected to a solution of carmine in ammonia, is no evidence that he has penetrated the adytum of this sacred temple of Life, wherein lies the "mystery of mysteries. Life: Its True Genesis
An important role in destroying an enemy force that has penetrated the defense is played by the ambush party.
The knife penetrated her finger and made it bleed.
She screamed as she felt several razor-sharp pieces penetrate her skin, cutting deep into her arms.
He thought himself in a sepulchre, into which a ray of sunlight in pity scarcely penetrated.
These roots were Stigmaria, and the stuff into which they penetrated was an underclay. Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884
As the parent of two soon-to-be collegians, it has once in a while penetrated my consciousness that a better tuition deal could be a reason to leave the 'law school in Paradise'. Discourse.net: Ten Reasons Why You Should Teach Here -- And Three Why You Shouldn't (v. 3.0)
Ground speed with a rotary hoe should usually be between 8 and 12 mph, and the hoe tips should penetrate deep enough to go through any crust that has formed.
The polystyrene-based material contains microscopic flakes of graphite that reflect heat, making it difficult for thermal radiation to penetrate.
No snow had penetrated the inner lining and all their equipment was neatly stowed -- pannikins, spare clothing, chronometers, finnesko, socks and a flag as well as more letters, and, movingly, the "chatty little notes" the supporting parties had left for Scott as they returned to Cape Evans. The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told
The cercaria then penetrates human skin and becomes an adult that finally ends up in the veins of its human host. Parasite Rex
Sometimes it is difficult to penetrate beyond aesthetic appreciation.
Seminal roots do not form a coleorhiza since the scutellar node tissue is already differentiated when seminal roots emerge and can easily be penetrated.
The intensity and the energy of the ion beams on the target micropositioning stage or after the beam has penetrated the target are measured with a plastic scintillator.
The invading army could only penetrate the mountain barrier at one point.
Roads penetrate deeper and deeper into what were once pampas, dense forests and marshland.
That enables them to penetrate rough without the toe getting caught and opening the clubface.
I swiftly discovered that my unamplified voice can penetrate cement.
As for the "epiphenomena" - at least the ones Frye postulates, since mythos, ethos and dianoia are Aristotelian terms, as far as I'm aware (and also somewhat more abstract and complex than their modern counterparts "plot", "character" and "idea") - Frye himself tack them on as names of categories containing the low-level features you probably have in mind and admits that they often interpenetrate. Notes Toward a Theory of Narrative Modality
Because quicksand is so viscous, it's difficult for air to penetrate it. Boing Boing
It was that spirit that opened a communication across the broad continent of America; that penetrated to the frostbound regions of the Arctic circle; and that established Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I.
Calypso inhaled in a deep breath of ocean air, feeling the salty tang penetrate her nostrils.
So true was he to his own little light that many dismissed him as a crank and made little effort to penetrate his prose or make sense of his ideas.
The heat can penetrate combustible materials, alter their composition and make them ignite at lower temperatures.

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