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Definition
capable of being heard
- Eddie's voice was barely audible.1.8 Part 1 Chapter 8 — The John Galt Line (26% in)
- When Francisco raised his head, Rearden saw a face drawn by so great a suffering that its lines were almost an audible cry of pain, the more terrible because the face had a look of firmness, as if the decision had been made and this was the price of it.2.4 Part 2 Chapter 4 — The Sanction of the Victim (99% in)
- "I beg your pardon," he said, his voice barely audible, "I didn't hear what you said."2.9 Part 2 Chapter 9 — The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt (84% in)
- "What was the name of the factory?" she asked, her voice barely audible.2.10 Part 2 Chapter 10 — The Sign of the Dollar (16% in)
- The boy caught her puzzled glance, grinned and, as if to help her, whistled softly, almost inaudibly the first notes of Halley's Fifth Concerto.3.1 Part 3 Chapter 1 — Atlantis (36% in)
- The sound ray is invisible, inaudible and fully controllable in respect to target, direction and range.3.3 Part 3 Chapter 3 — Anti-Greed (14% in)
- Mr. Thompson glanced at James Taggart, at the sloppy posture of a tall figure slumped in ungainly self-distortion, and caught him watching Galt's movements with such hatred that Mr. Thompson sat up, fearing it would become audible in the room.3.8 Part 3 Chapter 8 — The Egoist (75% in)
- Glancing at his eyes over the flame, Galt smiled and said in the tone of an answer to the questions Francisco was not asking, "Yes, it was pretty bad, but bearable-and the kind of voltage they used leaves no damage," "I'll find them some day, whoever they were ...." said Francisco; the tone of his voice, flat, dead and barely audible, said the rest.3.10 Part 3 Chapter 10 — In the Name of the Best Among Us (34% in)
- "Hello, Dr. Akston," he said; the quiet, low tone of his voice was the audible image of a smile transmitted through space.3.10 Part 3 Chapter 10 — In the Name of the Best Among Us (57% in)
There are no more uses of "audible" in Atlas Shrugged.
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