impalpably

Example Sentences

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The agony is laid on deftly, sometimes almost impalpably.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had been called "my dear" by one or two dowagers, and by her Christian name by the earl, and had a way of impalpably melting out of sight at times.

From Stories in Light and Shadow by Harte, Bret

She bent her head over her work again, holding it up to the light from time to time and straining her eyes to catch the exact thread with her almost impalpably fine needle.

From The Squirrel-Cage by Williams, John Alanzo

She had felt a wall that was building impalpably between them, a division of thought and of feeling.

From The Web of Life by Herrick, Robert

The grayish brown thing has darkened, thickened, spread out impalpably, and by the third day, a northling wind is whistling through the riggings with a rip.

From Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)