How to Use tactility in a Sentence

tactility

noun

• The downside for some, however, is the same thing that many like about them: the noise and tactility.
  — Don Melanson, Popular Mechanics, 15 July 2020
• The tactility of wood and fiber, the coldness of steel and glass, all play an important part in the narrative of my work.
  — Martina Schimitschek, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Sep. 2017
• The unglazed tactility of the outside offers a nice contrast to the speckled pink and blue glazed surfaces on the inside.
  — Parker Bowie Larson, ELLE Decor, 9 May 2023
• The movie is startling for its raw tactility: the opening credits play over close-ups of Jade’s burned skin, pitted and gnawed where the acid fell.
  — K.s.c., The Economist, 11 June 2019
• Its steering is nicely weighted but lacks tactility and the same could be said of the brake pedal.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 25 May 2023
• The blend of animation styles—combining the tactility of stop-motion with the whimsy of C.G.I.—manages to capture the moods of both parts of the day.
  — The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
• Even though the mechanics of the switch might be common underneath, which is fine, the tactility and the feel of them must be different.
  — Alex Goy, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2022
• Their finish and tactility fall in line with the expectations set by their price points.
  — Stefan Vazharov, Esquire, 31 Oct. 2016
• Fountain pen users also enjoy the mechanics of the pen itself and the tactility of caring for it.
  — Brett Braley, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
• Stiffer front bushings and tweaks to the steering setup, including a bit more effort, have added some much needed tactility to the R8.
  — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 15 Apr. 2020
• With time, Solarshop evolved toward an emphasis on craft—handwork and tactility—and unique objects from around the world that the two find on their travels.
  — Noah Johnson, GQ, 12 Mar. 2018
• In the Rabat Suite, Conran drenched the space in rattan, using it for wall panels and headboards to create tactility and texture.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 12 July 2023
• Our yen for contact and cocooning has got tactility climbing the walls.
  — Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
• For me, part of the challenge is to recover our sense of time through tactility—through materials, through texture, through the senses.
  — Sarah Sze, The New Yorker, 11 May 2017
• And for many, the tactility of putting brush on canvas is an intimate and joyous form of expression that simply cannot be replaced.
  — Anthony W. Lee, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2022
• Besides, the show looks gorgeous, with practical sets and a sense of tactility that brings to the original trilogy.
  — Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 4 June 2024
• The sheets have tactility and an appealing openwork look.
  — Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2021
• Still, its moderate tactility won’t let it be confused with the Porsche Cayenne’s more talkative tiller.
  — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 13 Dec. 2017
• In one, a close-up view of an armchair, the pebbling of the covering has an almost dimensional tactility.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• There’s nowhere to sit, and nowhere near the level of tactility of Pedersen’s original, which encouraged touch.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2021
• Impossible installments and the lavish world-building sets of Dune both lend tactility and weight to these huge blockbusters.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2021
• Those shapes enhance each piece’s tactility as well, von Pfetten explains.
  — Roxanne Fequiere, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2022
• On the need for carmakers to strike a balance between touch and tactility, Mohr believes there is no definitive right or wrong answer.
  — WIRED, 6 Sep. 2023
• Represented by the bull, Taurus is known for its tactility.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 29 Mar. 2018
• Their tactility creates a positive feedback loop between your feet and your brain.
  — Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 7 Nov. 2020
• All this tactility speaks to a growing playfulness in the way people have approached their homes in lockdown; a desire for knick-knacks and trinkets with no function beyond bringing joy.
  — refinery29.com, 26 Apr. 2021
• The collections celebrated hand-wrought romance and, yes, tactility—the ability to finger the pearly shell shards on a friend’s Bottega dress IRL.
  — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 16 July 2021
• Yet the standard chassis setup is a better fit for the car’s GT comportment and feels more natural without impeding the LC’s tactility.
  — Mike Sutton, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2018
• Yet the standard chassis setup is a better fit for the car's GT comportment and feels more natural without impeding the LC's tactility.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
• Stella wanted to continue where Picasso had left off and show that abstract painting could have the fullness — the satisfying tactility — of the real world.
  — Deborah Solomon, New York Times, 5 May 2024

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024