The phrase "palpable detail" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a specific and tangible aspect of a situation or description that is easily perceivable and can be felt. Example: The author's writing was so descriptive that I could almost feel the crisp autumn air and hear the crunch of leaves under my feet with each palpable detail.
But for my money, by allowing at least two strategies of representing reality to share time, Yates brought to life all the more remarkable a novel; brought us -- through art -- near enough to life's palpable details that we can recognize our own lives, yet preserved for us a distance from which we can exercise moral judgment and be relieved that the Wheelers aren't us.
As one big firm prepares its IPO, we ask whether investors are prepared to buy into a promise of prosperity without palpable profits.At Graphic detail, one of our sister blogs, we welcome the Vietnamese Dong to our Big Mac index.
The physical action in the movie is detailed, weighted, palpable.
To make matters worse, Ms. Beattie has eschewed most of her trademark gifts as a writer: in this novel, there are no keenly observed bits of dialogue, no telling social details, no palpable sense of the day-to-day world her characters inhabit.
But when Mr. Aluwahlia noted that he had not kept up with all the details, it seemed palpable that Europe and its currency were not his greatest preoccupation.
Projected images take on near physical presence, skin pores are displayed with medical detail and hair looks so palpable one feels almost able to pluck it.
To assess what politicians and pundits really feel, note their palpable glee, rather than grief, when they recount horrific details of atrocities for which they can blame Muslims.
Found images are deconstructed and fragmented to isolate a single detail ― a polka-dotted dress or a pair of clasped hands ― their symbolism ambiguous and significance palpable.
His excitement was palpable.
