They could feel it, all of them, a palpable thing that hung in the air like wood smoke from a fire.

His satisfaction was a palpable thing, so strong I could see it in his eyes when he stood straight again.

The tension in the room was a palpable thing.

Now, here she was, staring at him straight on, her surprise a palpable thing.

She could sense the ambivalence in the room, as if it were a palpable thing.

His anger at her had become a palpable thing that began to stir the air between them.

She felt it as if it were a palpable thing.

As I got closer to the sound, the beat, the music got to be a palpable thing.

The cold was a palpable thing in the barn now.

Ship's presence was like a palpable thing, a wall between her and the injured man.