dainty

This statue yassifies Trump, sucking out his buccal fat, virilizing his features, carefully excising all of the dainty feyness that, whether he likes it or not, is crucial to capturing the unique Trump disposition.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

"It's crazy as our websites are completely different. I sell sterling silver, dainty pieces and engagement jewellery," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2025

Masks must be worn—not Covid-era mouth and nose coverings but more elaborate versions; if you don’t bring your own you will be provided with a dainty lace eye mask.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Tofu has some real bulk, too — it's not a flimsy, dainty thing.

From Salon ● May 21, 2025

“A princess fills her spoon half full so she can take dainty princess sips.”

From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles

This interests me as a writer because sometimes these dainties appear unbidden, and you know you’re onto something.

From New York Times ● Jul. 31, 2019

The food will be catered by STK — a steak house — and among the dainties: octopus ceviche, beef tartare. foie gras mousse, beets and boucheron, and tuna apple crudo.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 22, 2015

Playing cards Writing love poetry Practising fencing moves In which work of fiction portraying the English aristocracy do crust-free cucumber dainties become the object of a lie?

From BBC ● May 16, 2012

The restaurants’ Mad Hatter Tea ramps up the traditional three tiers of dainties for Americans whose eyes are never bigger than their stomachs.

From New York Times ● Nov. 29, 2011

Only when they had finished and were preparing to rest, was he apparently convinced that they had no hidden dainties that he could share in.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

Botox is now injected behind the ears to tilt them forward, creating the illusion of a smaller, daintier face.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2025

By its nature, it’s nearly anonymous work, with stunt performers doubling for daintier stars.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

The song “Firefly” starts off a little slower, a swoon-worthy saxophone partnered with a dainty piano and even daintier triangle.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

Then her mistress handed her off to her mother and began carting around her daintier public replacement, Bambi.

From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2021

Maybe Joanna was a bad girl but certainly she kept her baby sweeter and daintier than these good women kept theirs.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith

The Bazaar also serves the country’s daintiest chicken wings, which are confited, deboned, pressed, fried and treated to a doll-size cube of blue cheese and a housemade hot sauce enriched with chicken jus.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2023

Adding an electric motor completely transforms the experience, making even the daintiest of parents feel superhuman.

From The Verge ● May 26, 2020

There’s a whole api family, and they are the daintiest little fruits imaginable – api noir, in deepest maroon, is easily mistaken at a distance for a plum.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 9, 2019

Jones doesn’t crack the slightest of smiles as she sings one of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s daintiest tunes, “Many a New Day”:

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 16, 2019

They were Edward's when he was a baby—the daintiest embroidery and thread lace.

From The Literary Sense by E. (Edith) Nesbit