impalpable
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Is it matter, a physical thing, or is it more like energy, something impalpable?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Many physicists did not like it because they called it impalpable and a little bit mystical,” Nesteruk told Salon in a phone interview.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
Through their lenses, we see different visions of the artist in his studio, surrounded by his attempts to capture something solid but impalpable about humanity.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2022
The incense of reeking garbage, wherefrom the alchemy of sunlight is disengaging impalpable poison, arises up forever.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2013
From where he stood he could see the whole valley through an impalpable mist that rose from the earth the night rain had soaked.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing impalpable
"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 8–13
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"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, Chapters 1–5
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