palpable presence

Example Sentences

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"The Body Double" makes the original Rosanna a palpable presence in the mind of the novel's protagonist, who, like the heroine in "Rebecca," is never named, but speaks in the first person.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2020

But, as the Boston Globe critic Richard Dyer wrote in his review, they made “every word a palpable presence, which is something you can’t say about most conservatory opera performances.”

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2020

Their fans have become a palpable presence in supporting their every push and generating enough energy to inspire them to keep their legs churning and hearts beating fast.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2017

It shares some of the gritty realities of its predecessor, but the war — with its dangers and privations — is a palpable presence that places the newer novel squarely in the 20th century.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2016

But I had no bodily, no visible, audible, or palpable presence.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan