All 5 Uses of
audible
in
The Bourne Identity
- "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) 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."