All 5 Uses
audible
in
The Bourne Identity
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- "Nothing funny at all has happened to me during the past fifteen minutes," she answered in a barely audible monotone.†
Chpt 5 *audible = capable of being heard
- The obese man stared down at Bourne, his breathing audible, sweat glistening on his chin.†
Chpt 6
- She stood motionless, looking at him, her face pale and frightened, her breathing erratic, an audible mixture of fear and anger.†
Chpt 18
- Villiers stopped, his breathing audible, the next words drawn out, a strong man close to weeping.†
Chpt 27
- He gasped, the audible intake of breath a prelude to running.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(audible as in: barely audible) capable of being heard
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In football, the term has come to include an instruction shouted from the line of scrimmage.
Recently, the word is also being used to indicate sounds that could be played on a phone or computer; for example "audibles include creative hellos that can be downloaded."