How to Use palpable in a Sentence

palpable

adjective

• I felt a palpable sense of relief.
• There was a palpable excitement in the air as the town prepared for the festival.
• The attraction between them was palpable.
• The pain in his face at the word couldn’t was palpable.
  — Saul Elbein, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2020
• The history is palpable in the knots of the old logs and high beams of the great room.
  — Sharyn Alden, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 May 2018
• The desire to see the lights go back on has been palpable.
  — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2021
• The change is palpable, starting in the last few years.
  — Time, 1 Mar. 2018
• The need for the staff to maintain a certain pace is palpable.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• The damage is palpable but the spark ignites a candle in the dark.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• As the weeks passed, the chest pain and fever became less palpable.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
• And on this day, the clock effect was palpable from the get-go.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• There is a palpable feeling that the ice is bearing down on the coast.
  — Ted Scambos, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• The excitement in the room was palpable even through the pixels of my screen.
  — Meghan O'Rourke, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2021
• But the backlash to the election chaos has been palpable.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023
• Still, the worry and weight of the moment here is palpable.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2020
• Anger was palpable as the protesters walked through the streets.
  — Matt Mencarini, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2020
• But once students were back, the depth of their loss was palpable.
  — Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• The palpable presence of paint applied in such a manner as to evoke.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• The buzz is palpable — and that’s not just the caffeine talking.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• At least two exchanges on this day brought palpable tension to the room.
  — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• That sense of grievance over the last election was palpable at the rally.
  — Brian Bennett, Time, 4 Nov. 2022
• The signs of this hope are as palpable as the pink and white magnolia flowers that bloom in spring.
  — John Blake, CNN, 17 Apr. 2022
• But the fear of losing their friends is palpable and real.
  — Risa Sarachan, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• In Tehran and elsewhere, anger on the streets has been palpable.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2020
• And that struggle was palpable in these last few episodes.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
• Even with a mask on, his joy in the memory is palpable.
  — Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2020
• The ride ended, the girl ran back to her parents, and my sense of loss was palpable.
  — Geoff Kronik, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
• Little is said, but the weight of war and despair is palpable.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• Although the shooter was dead, a sense of fear was palpable.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
• There is a palpable fear that their own progress–and that of their children–will be cut short.
  — Janet Murguía, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024