1.   A character of palpable presence whose absence is felt, the father is a gifted and sensitive man who dedicated a volume of his poems to his adoring daughter.

2.   In the South, more so than in other regions, this sense of the past is a palpable presence.

3.   The palpable presence of mysticism and faith.

4.   The tension here was a palpable presence Saturday.

5.   Tourists are a palpable presence in this region hugging the German border.