The phrase "a palpable concern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a concern that is easily perceived or felt, often in discussions about issues that are significant or pressing.
Example: "The recent rise in pollution levels has become a palpable concern among the residents of the city."
Alternatives: "a tangible worry" or "an evident issue".
Nevertheless, it is certain that, out of necessity no less than out of realism, a palpable concern for the advancement of human rights is here to stay.
But as these witnesses to the destruction of European Jewry sat under a burning sun listening to tributes by Elie Wiesel and others, there was also a palpable concern whether the people of Kenneth's generation and following generations would keep the memory of the dead alive to stand as a warning of what ethnic loathing can lead to.
While the hospital is open to everyone, the comfort of well-heeled patients is a palpable concern.
Consider violence in sports -- a palpable concern in this country in the midst of mounting alarm over football concussions (an issue relevant to soccer players, too).
There's a "palpable concern about where to go next year," he said, "the uncertainty of what anybody else is going to do in the future". Donna Campbell, a 98th Street teacher, said she was hoping to land another third-grade spot.
"There is a very palpable concern. . . that anti-Obamacare state government people will find ways to gum up the works," said Leonardo Cuello, director of health reform for the National Health Law Program.
In our series, the most common mammographic finding was a moderate-sized focal asymmetry corresponding to a region of palpable concern (Fig. 1).
a A 39-year-old lactating woman with an area of palpable concern in the right breast.
During a visit to Delhi and Mumbai last week, I noted palpable concern on the part of a variety of business executives who suggested that the government is unlikely to have the ability to pass much needed reforms and policies that will spur economic growth and send the right message to foreign investors.
But the palpable concern on the state level may in time serve as a goad to national action.
Despite palpable concern in the Pentagon, the growing threat has barely rated a mention in the presidential debate over military policy, probably since there are no obvious, eye-catching solutions.
