Most are meant as containers of ideas rather than tangible substances.

The world, in its visible, tangible substance, is a map of our love.

The thing was tangible substance.

It seemed to Hertha as if that smoke took on tangible substance, forming many arms to draw her on.

"And with everything that's spoken of in a spiritual context, there's always the tangible substance, the fruit of the garden."

The misery in the room felt like a tangible substance, filling the air and making it hard to breathe.

They still had plenty of stuff and uppers, but the fear was so intense that it was a tangible substance in the car.

Then the air came slapping back with the force of some tangible substance.

We must therefore remember that in many ways quota is not a tangible substance, and its value can disappear overnight.

Blindly I lashed 'out and upward, feeling my sword-edge meet tangible substance.