penetrating

Definition

Able to pierce or penetrate

Example Sentences

• "The skunk produces a penetrating odor."
• "As the rest of the film was made on location in the railway yards of Havre and not in a studio, and was given a sound-track of penetrating vividness, this whole production gives the closest possible ring of truth of any film about railways."
• "He had a very penetrating pair of brown eyes."