palpable

Preposition: in

• air: The question was unasked, but palpable in the air above the audience.
• city: China town, how you've changed The fast pace of commercialisation is palpable in the southwest city of Kunming, says Amar Grover.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: The author advocates the use of popular culture to make this very complex issue palpable for undergraduates.

Modifies a noun

• nonsense: With great respect to Mr. Hawker that would be palpable nonsense.
• tension: I endeavored to create a situation of palpable tension.
• sense: On a trip to the States a couple of weeks ago, I detected a palpable sense of panic.
• pulse: In the absence of significant neuropathy the feet are often cold with no palpable pulses.
• excitement: Global Groove expresses a palpable excitement about video's distribution potential accessibility.
• mass: An abdominal and rectal examination may reveal a palpable mass; which would merit an urgent referral to a specialist.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: Indeed, from about April onwards there has been an almost palpable feeling in the air of profound unease.
• too: The fact was only too palpable that there was too much drinking in the town.
• so: The growing anger in Japanese society is so palpable that the ruling class is terrified.
• very: The emphasis was upon results, very palpable results.
• not: Liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder not palpable.
• quite: There is a bright air of confidence abroad that is quite palpable.

Used with adjective complement

• become: The spring of junction seemed suddenly to have become palpable; I felt it yield to pressure.
• make: It is thus that the effect which we now advert to may be made palpable.
• remain: The buzz created by the operations remains palpable, albeit slightly jaded as the novelty of new theaters wears off.