Sample sentences for INTANGIBLE

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Definition

incapable of being perceived by the senses; or something that is hard to identify

that intangible thing—the soul

intangible = incapable of being perceived by the senses; or something that is hard to identify

an intangible feeling of impending disaster
It was a clear day, and yet there seemed an intangible pall over the face of things, a subtle gloom that made the day dark, and that was due to the absence of sun.
Jack London -- To Build a Fire

intangible = something that is hard to identify

I feel an intangible sense of doom whenever he is in the room.
The first choice looks better on his product matrix, but I have an intangible sense that the second product will do better.
Because, so long as the evidence against him was vague and intangible, it was very hard to disprove.
Christie, Agatha -- The Mysterious Affair at Styles
They valued the company's intangible assets such as good will at over a million dollars.
The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening.
Thoreau, Henry David -- Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience
"They are a little intangible, sir," Thomson confessed, "but exceedingly important."
Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Kingdom of the Blind
This was not a deliberately achieved concept; it came to her in the form of a faint and vaguely intangible repulsion.
London, Jack -- Adventure
Of late there had been other signs of her disfavour, as intangible but more disquieting.
Wharton, Edith -- Ethan Frome
I think that we have struggled so hard with the tangible that we have forgotten the intangible.
Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
Great geniuses of every kind live on unseen, intangible ideas; they act without themselves knowing why.
Dumas, Alexandre -- The Man in the Iron Mask
They chose to write-off the intangible assets.
After I got away, it was all too delicate, too intangible, to write about.
Willa Cather -- O Pioneers!
He spoke of God reaching into the world through miracles and the intangible blessings that give men the strength to outlast their sorrows.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
Pearl either saw and responded to her mother's feelings, or herself felt the remoteness and intangibility that had fallen around the minister.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Scarlet Letter
He would let her see, all those six years of intangible ethereal courtship, how little care he had for anything but as it bore upon the consummation.
Thomas Hardy -- Far from the Madding Crowd
From that moment on, I felt about me and within my dark body an invisible, intangible swarming.
Jorge Luis Borges -- The Garden of Forking Paths
It also gave me the first sure sign of how certain intangible barriers might be crossed.
Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston & James D. Houston -- Farewell to Manzanar

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