tactile presence

Nothing is casual; his concentration has an almost tactile presence.

It invokes an experience of light itself as an almost tactile presence.

Nevertheless, the figure and objects in this picture give up none of their volume or tactile presence as objects.

This wrapped-with-a-ribbon quality wouldn't matter if Boyle delivered the tactile presence of an actual person in his prose.

There is an added sweetness of sound, a transparency of orchestral texture that gives each instrument an almost tactile presence.

But this lack of visual and tactile presence makes it even more crucial to create a sense of personal, human-to-human connection in the online arena."

Reaction blinded her to everything but his tactile presence; her universe spun around and around, and she and he were the only things in that universe for a moment.

One of the surprises of this exhibition is that Hoch's images, which seem custom-made for reproduction, have such a strong tactile presence as well as an astute use of scale and subtle color contrasts, none of which really come across in photographs of them.