delicate
Example Sentences
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Delicate and understated, the song incorporates a stunning, 30-second-long high note.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Delicate moments get stomped on by the aggressive scoring.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Delicate and old art will not be put at risk by light, Govan said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025
Boone Hogg, Logan Jugler and some friends were cracking jokes as they trekked toward Delicate Arch.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024
I hadn't read Jane Bowles's work but knew her husband's book The Delicate Prey, which was just about my favorite collection of stories in the world.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Vocabulary lists containing delicate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Bridge to Terabithia
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