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
• On the day of their wedding, the love in the air is palpable.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 1 Aug. 2024
• 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
• And on this day, the clock effect was palpable from the get-go.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• 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
• As the weeks passed, the chest pain and fever became less palpable.
  — New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
• The need for the staff to maintain a certain pace is palpable.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
• In Tehran and elsewhere, anger on the streets has been palpable.
  — NBC News, 13 Jan. 2020
• The iPhone App Store had just launched in 2008, and there was a palpable sense of potential in the air.
  — Les Borsai, Spin, 14 Sep. 2023
• Still, the worry and weight of the moment here is palpable.
  — Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2020
• The damage is palpable but the spark ignites a candle in the dark.
  — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Dec. 2020
• The excitement in the room was palpable even through the pixels of my screen.
  — Meghan O'Rourke, The Atlantic, 8 Mar. 2021
• The tension and stress of the officers is palpable in the videos.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Courier-Journal, 12 Apr. 2023
• There is a palpable feeling that the ice is bearing down on the coast.
  — Ted Scambos, The Conversation, 7 June 2022
• The buzz is palpable — and that’s not just the caffeine talking.
  — Garrett Snyder, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2022
• The ride ended, the girl ran back to her parents, and my sense of loss was palpable.
  — Geoff Kronik, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2018
• The stress was palpable when Barton made it to the bonus round with lots of whammy squares on the board.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
• But the backlash to the election chaos has been palpable.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, ajc, 19 Feb. 2023
• But once students were back, the depth of their loss was palpable.
  — Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• That feeling was palpable as the Foxes stepped on the field for warm-ups.
  — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• There is a palpable fear that their own progress–and that of their children–will be cut short.
  — Janet Murguía, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2024
• Of course, don’t expect these lessons to land all at once, or to feel this shift in a palpable way.
  — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2024
• The amusement was palpable among Democrats on Day 1 of the 118th Congress.
  — Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• Anger was palpable as the protesters walked through the streets.
  — Matt Mencarini, The Courier-Journal, 24 Sep. 2020
• As someone who doesn’t even want to be in showbiz, Milhouse’s ennui is palpable.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
• The level of divisiveness and fear among us is palpable.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024