Definition of Palpable

capable of being touched, felt, handled, or perceived

Examples of Palpable in a sentence

When she is angry at dinner, my mother kills the flavor of the meal with her palpable silence.  🔊

There was a palpable tension in the air as contestants waited to see if they would move on to the next round of the contest.  🔊

Because the bank was being robbed, the sense of fear among the patrons was palpable.  🔊

Video technology has made it so that even people who are a continent apart can seem palpable to each other.  🔊

While the coach did not speak about the team’s loss, his anger was so palpable that none of the players spoke on the bus ride home.  🔊

The hatred between the two sports teams was palpable and seemed to fill the entire stadium.  🔊

Even though James and Brenda were both married to other people, the physical attraction between them was practically palpable.  🔊

You can tell I am angry by looking at the palpable muscle throbbing on my temple.  🔊

When my father discovered the palpable lump on his back, he made an emergency appointment to see his doctor.  🔊

The physician knew the patient had died when her pulse was no longer palpable.  🔊

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