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palpable

[pal-puh-buhl] / ˈpæl pə bəl /




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Palpable chemistry between leads is, of course, crucial to young-adult romance adaptations — it’s what made streaming series like “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” “The Summer I Turned Pretty” and “Normal People” successful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Low point: Palpable glee over HFPA’s downturn fails to turn the group into Hollywood’s chosen bunch of credibility-challenged, selfie-loving “critics.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2023

Palpable dread is built in to Yorke’s ghostly yawp; his voice moves through these songs like a cold wind.

From The New Yorker • May 5, 2016

After a Brush With Death, the Terror Is Still Palpable Investigation Discovery’s biggest discovery has been that there is enough real-life crime to fuel an entire cable channel.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2013

Palpable indications of fear were escaping from his trembling limbs, and the hero of Bothwell was on the eve of being discovered.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay




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