palpable

Example Sentences

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The house needn’t be fleshed out to be made to seem real, but since it plays such an important role in the play, its presence onstage ought to at least be palpable to the characters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

As of this writing, no matter where you’re flying from, the panic remains palpable.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2026

Despite the palpable tension in the room, Japan still offered up billions of dollars in U.S. infrastructure investments.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

But there is a palpable brightness in her voice when I ask about her son, Teo, whose name we have changed.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

This was a tremendous advance, because those precancerous cells weren’t detectable otherwise: they caused no physical symptoms and weren’t palpable or visible to the naked eye.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot