But the fact is that this actress's Lily has a palpable inner strength, which underscores the tragedy at the heart of Edith Wharton's great story.
Arsenal's capitulation to Watford last Saturday evening was easy and familiar fuel for Modern Footie's banter-industrial complex: weak-willed Gooners folding again to a side with less palpable talent but more strength in the stomach and the saddle – more guts and "cojones", as Watford's bench-captain and catalyst for change Troy Deeney put it in an interview with BT Sport post-match.
And as Allison, Jayson's mother, Alysia Reiner (who reappears as two other characters) exuded strength and interest, making palpable the idea that not only her child but also her whole family had lost in her a force that kept them going.
In the first act they were woefully out of sync; whether a matter of bad timing or a lack of strength, their ragged dancing was palpable.
The energy of his writing and the strength of his characters is palpable throughout the story — a world in which surveillance is constant and inescapable is fast coming true.
Her calm manner is different in style from Luis', but the power of her convictions and strength of her intellect are palpable.
"The weakness rather than the strength of states" had become "a palpable threat to global order", it noted.
"It was his feral combination of strength, agility, and keen intelligence that was palpable across the room.
"The strength of public feeling on this issue is palpable and I think it's intensified still further in the face of the astonishing lack of transparency and lack of regard for the views of voters.
At the noisy rallies, the strength of feeling among young Iranians for change is palpable.
