daintiness

Example Sentences

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Margot Robbie’s sheer florals were sweet but not cloying, with a steely color palette that toned down their daintiness.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2021

Throughout her career, critics and audiences admired her dancing for its daintiness, and critics consistently noted her charm and femininity in their reviews.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2020

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich, a man not known for daintiness in the mud-wallows of politics, once ordered Bossie fired from a congressional staff for playing fast and loose with the truth.

From Washington Post • Nov. 10, 2020

After her debut, a Time magazine critic described her work as having “the daintiness of miniatures, the vivid reds and yellows of Mexican tradition and the playfully bloody fancy of an unsentimental child.”

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018

The two dollars she hated to release turned out to be well spent, for Teapot did have a fracture, although the doctor said poor diet had contributed substantially to the daintiness of his bones.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison