The dice tumbled across the floor, and something grand - a palpable excitement - swirled like mosquitoes around the room.

Whenever we did, we noticed in him a seemingly genuine enthusiasm, a palpable excitement.

To me they stood in the place of an active career, of ambition, and those palpable excitements necessary to the multitude.

Not surprisingly, there is a palpable excitement in the city.

I could feel the anticipation of the others, a palpable excitement as the flames were thrust at me.

He is quick-witted and energetic, giving off a palpable excitement about the prospect of putting on a play.

Each September as the weather turns cool, there is an almost palpable excitement.

The empathy I felt toward those less fortunate, although sincere, did not generate this palpable excitement.

There were no scores, but that did not deflate the palpable excitement of those who did the talking.

But the sheer scale of Canada's project has created a palpable excitement among foundation officials, poverty scholars and business leaders.