Sentence examples for palpable threat from inspiring English sources

"The weakness rather than the strength of states" had become "a palpable threat to global order", it noted.

But it doesn't negate the palpable threat of violence that exists in this visual and gastronomic wonderland.

But here in a tiki-lantern-lighted backyard garden in northwest Washington last Saturday night, the only palpable threat was the leaden humidity.

You can't fault Dunster's production which, with the aid of Ian Dickinson's sound design and Philip Gladwell's lighting, carries an air of palpable threat.

As such, Marri may exemplify what Greg Craig, Obama's White House counsel, calls "the toughest question" facing the Administration as it tries to bring the Bush program within the rule of law: what to do with the so-called "third category" of detainees — suspects who may be difficult to convict under the American standards of justice, but who may pose a palpable threat if released.

A palpable threat, even as glitzy interactive shindigs on Allen's flagship analog channel ITV1, such as the X Factor and Dancing on Ice, have helped spark the odd surge of enviable ratings.

The daily threats, the uncertainty and palpable terror many face have overwhelmed even the pleas of Christian leaders not to abandon their historic place in a diverse Iraq.

This secret predator, the palpable, invisible threat, pulses through Exposure, but Lily presses onward.

This sometimes happens to those faced with a palpable external threat, such as drowning or being in a car about to be hit by an oncoming lorry.

Hayman said: "It has been a great honour and privilege to lead specialist operations in its challenging work protecting this country from the palpable terrorist threat we face.

"It has been a great honour and privilege to lead specialist operations in its challenging work protecting this country from the palpable terrorist threat we face.