What is "audible"

Usage examples of "audible".

It is evenly and not too thickly covered with fine sand or lycopodium powder and then caused to vibrate acoustically by the repeated drawing of a violin-bow with some pressure across the edge of the plate until a steady note becomes audible.

There was a visible and audible sigh of relief from the assembled fellows of the American Tonsil, Adenoid and Vas Deferens Society.

Mac Ard, after hearing the first few notes, sat back in his chair with an audible cough of surprise and admiration, shaking his head and stroking his beard.

Down near the sugar Pump Works, where Bibbs sat, there was audible speculation and admiration.

Audible groans issued throughout the tavern as Bungo pulled up a chair to share a drink with the impressive stranger.

Cicero had pronounced that awful phrase, a general cancellation of debt, the House now broke into audible murmuring.

I may say that the caracal differs very much from the European lynx, who, according to Tschudi, betrays his presence by horrible howlings audible at a great distance.

Cawker for his heroic defence and determined stand against tremendous odds, and the three magnates present of Silver Shield had begun with much unction to talk of reward and appreciation, and very probably Cawker felt both heroic and deserving, and quite ready to accept all credit and pay, but there were too many witnesses, too many wise men, too many suggestive smiles and snickers and audible remarks, and Cawker had sense to see and then to rise manfully to the occasion.

His low, startled exclamation was distinctly audible in the comparative stillness, and the gun slid from his fingers as they relaxed weakly.

The monk, who helped me as well as he could with the punch I had taken from the desk, trembled at the echoing clamour of my pike which must have been audible at some distance.

Her voice was sober and clear, perfectly audible to Dacre who, contrary to appearances, was not asleep.

A patent ductus arteriosus makes a continuous shushing murmur, soft, but audible with a little concentration, particularly in the supraclavicular and cervical regions.

William and I sat with the cold coffee cups from lunch, in the little paved court yard Flora has made off the dining room, hearing car doors bang and the eager pitch of welcome, the breathy laughter and African organnote murmur of polite responses, and the enumerative intoning by which introductions could be recognized without names being audible to us.

A slight, scarcely audible movement now told that Foy alone was in the hallway.

In both instances an assortment of spectacularly hideous alien apparitions visible and audible only to his chemically altered perception fumed powerlessly at him, threatening with tentacles and teeth, with razor-edged suckers and wet, unclean fumy lips.