Perceptible

Examples

• If a gas jet is turned on and not lighted, an odor of gas soon becomes perceptible, not only throughout the room, but in adjacent halls and even in distant rooms. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• They fulfill their destiny in issuing, later on, into specific and perceptible acts. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The great minister showed perceptible hesitation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• A certain mental disorder became perceptible in Robespierre as the summer of 1794 drew on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Mr. Farebrother seemed to wait for a recognition of the fact; and the emotion perceptible in the tones of his fine voice gave solemnity to his words. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• He bowed very slightly without speaking, and the smile with which he greeted his lordship was scarcely perceptible. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The reality that is worthy of attention is a change in the very texture and quality of millions of lives--a change that will be vividly perceptible only in the retrospect of history. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Whatever--whoever you are--be perceptible to the touch or I cannot live! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Curiosity is but the tendency to make these conditions perceptible. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• And it is impossible to tell when the habit thus strengthened may have a direct and perceptible influence on our association with others. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• A perceptible shock of surprise, an audible murmur of interest ran through them, at the sight of her face. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The intermittent grasp and feed of the cloth were hardly perceptible, and yet it permitted the cloth to be turned to make a curved seam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It's a happy thing to be satisfied, said Mr. Shelby, with a slight shrug, and some perceptible feelings of a disagreeable nature. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When Lydgate came in, she was almost shocked at the change in his face, which was strikingly perceptible to her who had not seen him for two months. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Miss Bart received this explanation without perceptible softening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• A quite perceptible smile glimmered on Mrs. Bird's face, as she answered, We'll see. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• But there was another change, perceptible only to Lily; and that was that Dorset now avoided her almost as pointedly as his wife. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• If a gentle breeze is blowing, a barely perceptible opening of a window will give the needed amount, even if there are no additional drafts of fresh air into the room through cracks. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The flavor is not disagreeable, but it is perceptible. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He contemplated making the country pay all the expenses of the occupation, without the army becoming a perceptible burden upon the people. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He was confirmed in the opinion of its freshness by the cook, though she said there was a very slight tartness perceptible, by which she could distinguish it from fresh cream. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Otherwise there was no motion perceptible to his experienced observation. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• There was a perceptible pause before Mr. Casaubon replied, not quickly as before, but with a still more biting emphasis. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• No light, sound, or movement was perceptible there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• His affections seemed to reanimate towards them all, and his interest in their welfare again became perceptible. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• The tinge of constraint was beginning to be more distinctly perceptible under the friendly ease of his manner. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• By the bye, Bob,' said Hopkins, with a scarcely perceptible glance at Mr. Pickwick's attentive face, 'we had a curious accident last night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The slight tone of bashfulness, the scarcely perceptible hesitation, was considered perfectly in place. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Similarly the particles of air set into motion by a sounding body impart their motion to each other, the motion being transmitted onward without any perceptible motion of the air itself. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Moving without perceptible sound, she visited the three children in the three beds; she approached me: I feigned sleep, and she studied me long. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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