These wants, papable as they are in times of peace, become doubly pressing in time of war.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post] Reference

She's a tall, slender, elegantly beautiful Southern lady of some 50+ years I only offer this last detail, because you must appreciate that she is no mere girl of 30 or 40, she has a presence that can only become papable with experience and wisdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Italian Sausage Pilau] Reference

As much as I love and adore my beautiful girl, I don't think she's papable.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Ordinary Moment] Reference

Her sense of failed responsibility for taking care of Papa's dog was papable.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Ordinary Moment] Reference

Photo: J.Bennett Fitts Rocketeers Pack Tech Muscle Into Model Mounted horizontally on a launch rail, the long, slender rocket exudes such papable menace that you cant' help but feel sorry for the poor bastards on the receiving end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pyro Geek Hobbyists Experiment With Homebrew Rockets] Reference

Everywhere in the city the tension is papable, we have always had the sense that the jim crow mentality was beneath the surface but with all the racially devisive inuendo being put out by Mccain/Palin the rippling currents of animosities that haven’t been felt here covertly for a very long time are boilng beneath the surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evening Buzz: 18 days to go] Reference